My tours during the high school prom and graduation season always leave me with unforgettable tales—like that time in Michigan when the unexpected happened on stage. If you've ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of a touring hypnotist's life, this episode peels back the curtain, revealing the highs, lows, and hilarity that come with the job. Plus, I'll give you a sneak peek into the practical side of booking my shows, and share a few anecdotes from my adventures in Canada that are sure to tickle your funny bone.
On a more somber note, we tackle the weighty subject of loss, specifically the heartache of losing a furry companion. Through personal reflection, I discuss how radical acceptance can be a lifeline in the stormy seas of grief. You'll learn about the stages we pass through on the road to acceptance and the crucial role of self-talk during these trying times. In a shift towards self-discovery, we examine how an eye-opening classroom exercise can reveal the positive attributes that others see in us—qualities we might undervalue in ourselves. For all the teenagers out there, and anyone wrestling with body image or self-esteem, this episode offers a treasure trove of insights on nurturing a kinder, more supportive inner dialogue.
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Change your thinking, change your life! Laugh hard, run fast, be kind. David R. Wright MA, LPC, CHT The Motor City Hypnotist
My tours during the high school prom and graduation season always leave me with unforgettable tales—like that time in Michigan when the unexpected happened on stage. If you've ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of a touring hypnotist's life, this episode peels back the curtain, revealing the highs, lows, and hilarity that come with the job. Plus, I'll give you a sneak peek into the practical side of booking my shows, and share a few anecdotes from my adventures in Canada that are sure to tickle your funny bone.
On a more somber note, we tackle the weighty subject of loss, specifically the heartache of losing a furry companion. Through personal reflection, I discuss how radical acceptance can be a lifeline in the stormy seas of grief. You'll learn about the stages we pass through on the road to acceptance and the crucial role of self-talk during these trying times. In a shift towards self-discovery, we examine how an eye-opening classroom exercise can reveal the positive attributes that others see in us—qualities we might undervalue in ourselves. For all the teenagers out there, and anyone wrestling with body image or self-esteem, this episode offers a treasure trove of insights on nurturing a kinder, more supportive inner dialogue.
FIND ME: My Website: https://motorcityhypnotist.com/podcast My social media links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/motorcityhypnotist/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCjjLNcNvSYzfeX0uHqe3gA Twitter: https://twitter.com/motorcityhypno Instagram: motorcityhypno FREE HYPNOSIS GUIDE https://detroithypnotist.convertri.com/podcast-free-hypnosis-guide Please also subscribe to the show and leave a review. (Stay with me as later in the podcast, I’ll be giving away a free gift to all listeners!)
Change your thinking, change your life! Laugh hard, run fast, be kind. David R. Wright MA, LPC, CHT The Motor City Hypnotist
Speaker 1:
In this episode of the Motor City Hypnotist podcast, we're talking about radical acceptance. This is part two. If you haven't listened to part one, jump back an episode, or you can just listen to this one and jump back Either way. Either way works, but we're finishing up our episodes on radical acceptance. What is it, how do you practice it and how will it help you feel and function better? That is the big thing, and, as usual, we give away free stuff, as we always do. Hang in there, folks, we'll be right back. Get ready for the.
Speaker 2:
Motor City Hypnotist David R Wright. Originating from the suburbs of Detroit, michigan, he has hypnotized thousands of people from all over the United States. David R Wright has been featured on news outlets all across the country and he's the clinical director of an outpatient mental health and hypnosis clinic located just south of Detroit, where he helps people daily using the power of hypnosis. Welcome to Motor City Hypnotist David R Wright.
Speaker 1:
What is going on, people? This is David Wright, the Motor City Hypnotist, and we are back with another episode of the Motor City Hypnotist podcast. Welcome back.
Speaker 2:
Welcome back to you.
Speaker 1:
That is Matt Fox, the other voice. You hear Hello Hangin' out doing a podcast, as usual on a Monday evening. Yes, we are. We're here, live in the podcast. Your voice, southfield Studios, hangin' out. You know talking about radical acceptance having a drink. You know, doing all the fun things we do on a Monday evening, I accept this drink radically I radically accept this last sip of my. What was this one?
Speaker 4:
This was the flying aces. Flying aces straight bourbon whiskey. Yes, straight bourbon whiskey.
Speaker 1:
It's one of the whatever it's good, it is, it is good. So let me tell you, folks, where you can find me. My website is MotorCityH Hypnotistcom. Shout out to those of you looking to schedule shows for high school prom and grad season. Those dates are coming up quick and they're filling up quick. So if you want to book me MotorCityH Hypnotistcom shows, you can fill out a form right there. You'll get a quote online within a minute. You can accept the quote, sign the contract and be done in minutes.
Speaker 1:
Wow, and it's locked in Sweet as long as the date's available. Well, that's, that's the big thing right now. So so check that out. Yes, and I know these dates will come up quick and I usually get filled up. In fact, last year, in May and June I think, I did a total of 26 shows. That's a lot of shows, and June only goes into like the first two weeks of June where grad season ends, right, so in six weeks, 26 shows. You were busy, yes, and it's usually, you know, middle of the night shows, because these are all these lock-ins, these grad night lock-ins and post-prom parties.
Speaker 4:
Senior all night parties.
Speaker 1:
Yes, yes, you know what the odd thing is? They don't do these in other states, just in Michigan, well, maybe Midwest, like I did a. Actually it's funny because I did a, I did a couple of. It was the last season or the season before. I did a couple of high school shows in Florida. But when I go to Iowa because Iowa tends to be post-prom shows because when I go to Iowa and do a post-prom show I'll say, do you guys do grad nights? And they're like no, we just have a prom night party, we don't do a grad night party Interesting. So yeah, it's. It's different depending on where you're at in the country. But for this area and which, which is where we're at in Motor City, but you guys could be listening anywhere, as long as you're in the United States, even if you're out of the country, I can do shows there too. Yeah, I've done a show in Canada before, so you know that's out of the country. It is out of the country.
Speaker 4:
He said quotations yeah.
Speaker 1:
Right.
Speaker 2:
Right.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, and, by the way, if you're going to Canada, do anything, don't tell them you're working yeah.
Speaker 4:
It's a bad idea. Oh, very much so, yeah. Yeah, very much so, yeah, I made that mistake.
Speaker 1:
Do you have your papers? I made that mistake once. Like I'm just running over here to a quick show and I'm coming home. They're like what kind of show?
Speaker 4:
Oh, let me show you.
Speaker 1:
It's crazy I don't know what's going on, are you?
Speaker 4:
talking about. You see, yeah, even that type of show you'd have to right. Yeah Well, no, you still have to show your papers. Yeah, yeah, it's crazy.
Speaker 1:
Oh, that, I like this in the background. What the fuck is it with you? Yeah, they'll. They'll definitely have an issue with that. So, motorcityhypnotistcom, book your show now, get it, get it done. So you have, you'll have me on your grad night, not some some schlub. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. You want the professional, absolutely. Social media links Facebook and YouTube are both MotorCityHypnotist, and Snapchat and the Instagram are MotorCityHypno. H-y-p-n-o. Excellent. And as we do every single episode we've ever done, we're on episode 252 right now. Man, nice, free Hypnosis Guide. It's available. Every episode Text the word Hypnosis to 313-800-8510. Again, that's 313-800-8510. It's free. It is free, it's just a PDF I wrote. It kind of gives you a general overview of hypnosis, what it's not. It addresses myths and misconceptions, just gives you kind of an understanding of really what hypnosis is and how it works in a basic form.
Speaker 1:
I like it. Yes, so yours, yours to just get it, it's free.
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Yep. And the biggest thing wherever you're listening, whatever platform you're listening on, subscribe to the show so you'll get it without looking for it. Right, and the big thing is, leave a review. Reviews are huge. We do this at the clinic also. We ask for reviews quite often just because we want people to be like this is recommended, this is highly recommended, this is what you want, this is the here's where you want to. Either you want to get therapy here or you want me to do a hypnosis show for you, because if you read the reviews, all of that's there. Same thing with the podcast Sure, leave a review. Fantastic, excellent, alrighty folks. Okay, it is time, yeah. That's how we did it. It's done.
Speaker 4:
Okay, so what okay? So last last episode it was yes, we're celebrated in Lyons, yeah, for Lyons, great season, even though we're disappointed.
Speaker 1:
Okay, this is about a senior and an animal. We always love animal stories and seniors do that. And seniors, of course. Michigan senior saved by his dog and a quick thinking cop after falling into a frozen lake. Oh, okay, yeah, msp officer Cameron Bennett's had Traverse City man's dog Ruby run rescue disk to him after initial attempts to remove him from a lake failed. What is it? Lassie? Yes, it is Lassie. What if I went? Well, right, right, a man who fell through the ice on a frozen Michigan lake was rescued after a quick thinking state police officer used the stranded man's dog to get rescue equipment to him and pull the man to safety. Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Speaker 4:
So like okay, pup, ruby, ruby.
Speaker 1:
Yes, go get my hammer, yeah Well, the guy fell in the lake, but his, that's the owner of the dog, the guy who fell through the lake Right.
Speaker 4:
And the cop walks up to Ruby, who was never met before. He's given Ruby instructions. Yes, get my hammer, get the rest.
Speaker 1:
Oh my goodness. Bystanders called 911 on Thursday after the 65 year old Traverse City man fell through ice covered our Arbidus Lake, arbute, us, arbidus Sounds about right. Arbidus Lake. State Police said the body camera worn by Michigan State Police Motor Carrier Officer Cameron Bennett's captured the rescue, initially showing the man's crapped and frigid waters with his head with justice, head and shoulders above the thin ice, wow, and his dog standing at his side. So the man's in the hole up to his you know, up to his neck, and the dog just standing on the ice looking at him.
Speaker 4:
So I'm kind of hungry. I was wondering when dinner time is where's my bone.
Speaker 1:
Throw my ball, please. Where's my ball? Is it in your pocket? Get?
Speaker 4:
it out.
Speaker 1:
Please pet me. Come on, throw my tummy. Come on, throw the ball, oh you threw it Stage right even.
Speaker 2:
Good boy, that escalated quickly. I mean, that really got out of hand fast.
Speaker 4:
So the officer approaches the guy in the lake with his dog Ruby standing next to him.
Speaker 1:
And what did the off officer do here so let me, let me, let me keep reading. It shows Bennett's. That's a police officer trying to throw a rescue disc, tethered to a rope, out to the man Right when it fails. The officer asked the man to send his dog to him Because the dog's still standing by. The guy fell in the water. Sure, sure, send your pup here. Will she come to me? The officer said, who replies that his dog's name is Ruby. Okay, come here, ruby, ruby, come here, come here, ruby. That's exactly in the article. Bennett's shouts in the video before whistling for the canine which runs to him and arrives with his tail wagging hey, hey hey you got a ball.
Speaker 1:
Hey, what's going on. Hey, what do you got for me.
Speaker 4:
Hey, it's what I'm cold. Can I come in your?
Speaker 1:
come in your car. The officer tied the rescue disc to the dog's collar and asked the man to call Ruby back to him. Love it when she returns to her owner. Bennett's tells the man to take the disc from Ruby and to start kicking his legs.
Speaker 4:
All right so this is my thought process. Yes, because the officer didn't want to go out on the ice and in the perhaps he may fall through himself.
Speaker 1:
Absolutely yeah, the dog is close enough to the broken ice. The dog is lighter.
Speaker 4:
Yes, so tie it around the dog, the dog goes out and brilliant.
Speaker 1:
Do you want to see a picture of Ruby with the disc? Sure, there you go, let's take a look.
Speaker 4:
See, there's the disc. See, that's a big dog.
Speaker 1:
Actually, I thought she wasn't that big.
Speaker 4:
It's a. That's a. Okay, it's like a Beagle Terrier, not Terrier.
Speaker 1:
A Beagle lab mix, yes they didn't really say what kind of dog it was. But Wow. And so the officer says bring your feet up to the surface. By kicking your feet, he yells, pulling the man onto the lake's icy surface and urging him to hold on to the disc as he keeps pulling on the rope, dragging him onto safer ice near the lake's edge. Disperse your weight, young man. Yeah, he was lying down. He just dragged him to the edge where it was solid. More solid, bennett's and a local firefighter are then able to grab his arms to complete the rescue, with Ruby still attached to the rope.
Speaker 4:
Is it? Is it took a wartime? Are we gonna play tug of war? Are we gonna play?
Speaker 1:
State police said the man was taken by ambulance to a hospital for treatment and later released. The agency cheered the rescue and posting on acts, formerly known as Twitter, praising Ruby in particular Love it, what a good girl. Amazing ice rescue from seventh district. Mco Bennett's creative thinking helped save a life. Excellent job, mco Bennett's and Ruby. Yes, the tweet states adding great teamwork and well done. I like that. The good story. It is a good story. So Ruby and Mr Bennett's, the officer, and to the gentleman in the ice gentleman fell in.
Speaker 4:
This is named Mr Ice Sickle.
Speaker 1:
Oh man.
Speaker 4:
Oh no, oh no, hold on, here it is, here it is. What's his name? What's his name? Come on, you can do it.
Speaker 1:
They never gave the victim's name. A Traverse City man. Traverse City man Okay, yep, traverse City man, his dog Ruby and officer Bennett's yes, definitely winners. The winners the week, for sure, yeah. That's how we did is done I.
Speaker 4:
Know, we kid around and we and we joke with some of these stories, but that's that, that's 100%. The dogs like it's playtime.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, yeah, it's what? Oh yeah, he's so excited oh.
Speaker 4:
I get to get a frisbee, oh. Yeah let me run back. I love it. No, that's awesome. That's, that's smart. Thinking by that, oh.
Speaker 1:
For you. Really, it's really cool. It's a good story, of course, mm-hmm. All right, folks we're talking about this is part two of radical acceptance and just in general I know I expressed it last episode, but if you, if you haven't listened to that one yet Radical acceptance is kind of approach to therapy. It's kind of a cognitive behavioral fate fate, cognitive behavioral based, and it's really accepting yourself and the situations you are in, regardless of the situation. Right, because, because I mean things happen and in and as I said, I'm gonna reiterate this that Life is a series of events, some great, some not so great, and we all have to deal with struggles and problems and issues. That that's a given. What's the?
Speaker 4:
what's the terminology? You can only control the controllables. Yeah, right, right. And if something is out of your control, there is still a resolution and you have to plan. It is to be successful Absolutely and said resolution right and accept radically.
Speaker 1:
And radically accept that you can't change what's there, but you can change how you deal with it. Right? That is the big thing, love it. So we already covered five of the the, I guess, tenants of radical acceptance, and we ended off last last episode list all the behaviors you would engage in if you accepted the facts and then Engage in those behaviors as if you've already Resolved the issue and Alice has respond.
Speaker 1:
Alice else checking in again. Hey, alice, glad to check down. Thank you, good to see you. So let's move on and we're gonna cover our last five, I Guess, points or tenants of this approach. Okay, so here's how to do this. Here's how to rehearse it in your own mind. And then I'm saying rehearse because that's exactly what I want you to do. Okay, so, a good way to deal with with bad situations or or events that are traumatic.
Speaker 1:
Imagine in your mind's eye believing what you don't want to accept. In Rehearsing your mind, what happens if you accept what's going on. Can you repeat that first part? I will imagine your mind's eye believing what you don't want to accept. Okay, so let's say your pet past. We'll use that because we hit on that example before. In your mind's eye, you think about you don't want to accept this. However, what would you do if you accepted it? What's the next step? Right, okay, so, so it's kind of like just playing it out in your mind Okay, my dog is past. I don't want to accept it, but that's a fact. So now, how do I? How do I deal with it? Mm-hmm. So a lot of this in there's a lot of words for really saying you need to accept the situation.
Speaker 1:
You may not like it for what it is it might not be great, but you have to look at facts and what is real and say this is the situation. So how do I deal with the situation? Right, this is a very. This next point is really just a type of mindfulness, but it's noticing body sensations as you think about what you need to accept.
Speaker 4:
Noticing body sensations, mm-hmm meaning aches and pains, or no, would be a type of mindfulness.
Speaker 1:
It would be like, okay, my, my, my chest kind of hurts because I'm sad, or or or my body is tense and tighten up because I'm stressed, okay, or you know, I just feel blah because I'm sad. Okay, it's addressing what your body is feeling because of the situation. Okay, because here's the thing. You're gonna have a reaction to things. You should never, anything that's traumatic or sad. Nobody says to say, hey, you just need to be happy, take the, take the positive approach. La la la, take the red pill or the blue pill.
Speaker 1:
I mean that it would be great if we could flick that on and off, that that easily right, but that that's not how it works. So so, except yes, yes, my body feels bad, it's tense, it's sad, it's heavy. I you know, my heart hurts, my stomach hurts, I have a headache, whatever it is. Get in tune with those bodily sensations. So here's the point to and this sounds counterintuitive, but this goes on with the next step, which is allow the disappointment, sadness and grief To be there. Mm-hmm.
Speaker 1:
Don't fight it Right. Do you just say, yes, I'm disappointed, I'm sad, I'm depressed, I'm in grief? Allow those feelings to be there, because you, you, have to go through that with any event that's traumatic or life changing.
Speaker 4:
Was it the seven steps of acceptance? It might be.
Speaker 1:
Right, I don't remember that one.
Speaker 4:
Well, when somebody passes, yeah, oh grief. You're talking about the five stages of grief. Thank you, yes. Okay, yes.
Speaker 1:
Yes, yep. So it's important that you allow these feelings to happen, because this is the natural thing. People sometimes fight feelings. They're like, oh, I shouldn't feel this way. Well, no, you should. It's okay to feel that way because one you've experienced a loss, or you feel like something that you don't have control over, or you feel like you know, I don't know, chaos is happening and you just can't fix it. Sure, which is true. So so just let that, let that happen. You need to feel that, and here's the thing that we're going to add to that Allow the disappointment, the sadness and the grief to be there and then acknowledge that you know what. This is painful, but it's not going to kill me. Right? It's acknowledging that that there's pain, these things happen, but every and I'm not diminishing the experiences, but I'm going to say everybody loses someone. Death is a part of life. If we're talking about losing people, sure, disappointments, struggles, tragedies, they're a part of life. Now, some people deal with things more than others, you know there are degrees, of course.
Speaker 1:
You know I've had stories of, I've had clients in the past who have lost children, multiple children, and I can't imagine that being you know. You know, just just typically you think parents would not live their kids.
Speaker 4:
Just be happy you don't live in the 1800s you had to have 13, just keep.
Speaker 1:
Fine, that's true, right, what are you people? Tongue dope?
Speaker 1:
Yeah, it could be, so allow the disappointment, the sadness and the grief to arise and then acknowledge, even with this, you're, you're going to move forward. Now, that's not as easy as it sounds. It's a lot of work, and that's why I'm addressing this. That's why I'm going through these steps to how, how to get through these things. Sure, and then let me hit on the last one. Then I'm going to give you some dues. Put down on paper a pros and cons list and find yourself resisting. A pros and cons list if you find yourself resistant to be, to being accepting. So what are the pros of I accept this? What are the cons of I accept this? Right, either way, write it down and look at it. So here's some things that you can practice. It's, it's, and a lot of it is just self talk. It's that self talk in your head and saying, I'll give you a general.
Speaker 1:
I've had clients that say something to the effect of well, you know, I don't like myself, I'm like why? And I'm like, oh, okay, I don't have the build I would like, or I'm a little overweight, or I'm a little underweight, or, you know, I I feel like people don't like me, or I don't feel like I have confidence, or whatever it is. There could be a million things, sure, and you get stuck in that. And when they and when they interact with other people, it's on this faulty thinking that they have that there's something wrong with them. Sure, so their interactions are not really true. If that makes sense, it is because if you're, if you view yourself in a negative light, that is going to affect the way you present to other people. That will affect your relationships, your family, your, your coworkers. It affects everything. So the important thing is to kind of take a step back and say who? Realistically, what do other people think of me?
Speaker 4:
Well funny, you should ask yes, no, that's a. It's a good question to ask yourself. What do other people think of me? Do they see someone who's who always puts themselves down, or do they see someone who rises themselves?
Speaker 1:
up Right. And that is the key thing, because I guarantee you in most situations and I say this from experience your view of yourself Is totally different than what other people really see. You at sure, I did a great thing in school and I may have talked about this on the show I'm sure I have at one point, but it was a fantastic exercise. One of my site classes could have been I don't know, it wasn't my grad, it was in my grad school. I don't remember which class it was specifically, but okay, what they would do is they had everybody in our class go to another room, a Conference room.
Speaker 4:
You did you have mention this, yes where there are 10 people sitting.
Speaker 1:
I don't know any of these. They're all strangers, they're all people from different classes. Right, you go into the room, sit down. They taught to you for 15 minutes. All 10 people, mm-hmm, just have this interaction, answer questions, whatever, then when you leave, they all write down what they thought of you and then you get those at the end to go look at Mm-hmm, and I'm telling you. It is so eye-opening because when I, when I read through my responses, I'm like whoa, I know, idea that I was funny, all right, or that I was Friendly, or that I and not saying that, that that really, if I thought about it, I, but that's not the feeling most people have. Most people hold on to the negative feelings about themselves, sure, so that's a great and I don't know how you could implement that, but I think that's a great exercise, mm-hmm.
Speaker 4:
Just walk into a room of strangers and say, hey, you guys ask me a question.
Speaker 1:
Well, I mean honest, you could walk into a bar or a restaurant Maybe not a restaurant, people are eating, but some some place where there are groups of people and actually go to a table and say, hey, I'm working on a project, you can lie, it doesn't matter, I'm working on a project for a class. Can I sit down and talk to you guys for 15 minutes and then just have you write down what you think of me? Then it's a feedback. Yeah, absolutely, and most people that would be a very difficult that just doing that would be very difficult.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, it would be very difficult for you to just go to strangers and say hey, what do you think of me?
Speaker 4:
Okay. So, going in front of large crowds as you do and as I have it.
Speaker 1:
Yes, yes, my DJ Yep yeah you know what?
Speaker 4:
I came to that realization. I believe I'm a nice guy, I'm a friendly person, but when you're in front of 300 people, not every single person is gonna like you know. And I came to the realization, like you know what, if they don't like me, that's their problem, not mine. Yes, I already know who I am and I know how I treat people, so that's just kind of the mentality that I took.
Speaker 1:
Well, and I think this comes down to a simple question, and it's a yes or no Do you like yourself? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And if you can't say yes to that, then we have work to do. Right, that's the big thing. I like who I am. I do too. I like who you are. Thanks, I like you. I like who I am. I like who you are. Yeah, we're crazy. It's crazy, I don't know. Yeah, that's crazy.
Speaker 1:
It's totally crazy. So here's the big thing I want you to focus on to have this radical acceptance and I know that there was a lot of a little bit convoluted as far as the points go, but here's the big thing it's realizing that your vision of yourself is not the same as what other people see. Right, know that that's a fact. And if you can align your beliefs to what other people really think, you're probably gonna think of yourself higher than you would have typically. That's fair, that that that is what I found to be happening. So so give yourself a break, take time, you know, work on that self-talk and focus on the positives.
Speaker 1:
I know I've talked to clients millions of times and said, well, what are the good things about yourself? And even if some clients are like, oh god, that's hard, even if it takes them a while, they do come up with it. Sure, if they really think about it, there are some positives. And even if sometimes and I've dealt with clients that respond this way Tell me something good about yourself. Oh, there's nothing good. I Want you to really think about that for a minute. Just think, think about it. Could be something irrelevant, could be something like oh, I'm good at, I make a fantastic cup of coffee.
Speaker 1:
Yeah, something like that yeah just something In a lot of these, a lot of these clients they want to hold on to that, that self. It's kind of this, the self-defeating behavior like well, if I think I'm bad or I think I'm a piece of crap, then I don't know. I. I it's. There's some, some reward of holding on to that for some reason, I don't know why. But but the big thing is is to change that inner monologue, that inner dialogue to say, no, what I'm not, I am good.
Speaker 4:
Which kind of? I want to ask this question because of how people you know how you think of yourself Pronouns these days Mm-hmm, everyone's got a pronoun. Yep, right. If you're over six, two, your pronouns are fee, five, foe, thumb. If you're under five, four, your pronouns are oompa, no it's just great Odin's. Raven. No, it's just, you know. You know, with teenagers, kids these days, yes, they, they have their pronouns he, she, teenagers are very difficult because there's such expectancy to be.
Speaker 1:
You know, there's so much comparison when you're an adolescent to other adolescents, your age, right, you know. You know, with women and body shaming and even men and boys, and body shaming is a big thing because it's a lot of boys who are thin or skinny right. And then you see these other, the other adolescent boys who are bolted up and been working out right. Right but it's all. It all goes back to that self-esteem and that, that, that just not liking yourself with this radical.
Speaker 4:
You know acceptance, mm-hmm. That we're talking about. You know, you know, even at a young age, in your teens.
Speaker 1:
Yes, you have to start practicing these things Well, and that's the toughest time to do it. I'll be honest, because most people have a very and you know I mean it's been a hundred years since I was a teenager, but From the ages of like 14 to 22, it sucks, it does it's, it's an, it's an awful world to live in when you're that age.
Speaker 4:
However, if you have someone that you can open up to and be honest with and they don't judge you for who you are or who you know. That's what these kids need, yeah, and a lot of them don't have that right.
Speaker 1:
They've got parents that just don't get it right. And the big thing is, if you're waiting to get that from outside. That's the problem. You need to start.
Speaker 4:
You have to love yourself first before somebody else is going to love you but as a parent, you need to, you know, coach your kids to want to Accept themselves for who they are and then absolutely accept them for who they feel they are, and that's that's a, that's the beginning stage, because you have adults with these self-doubts.
Speaker 2:
Oh god yes where did that?
Speaker 4:
that started somewhere. Yes, right so.
Speaker 1:
I'll get off, I'll get off the soap box, no, no, no, it's fine a bit, but that those the important things to focus on. And do this Be a radical self-exceptor Just like yourself. Get get to just, I mean, get excited about yourself. That's the big thing, man. That that's you know, because I see so many people that are just depressed and anxious and down and they just feel like I'm the it's and it's all self-based, it's all the self deprecating Hatred of themselves, and it's just, it's just a bad, it's just a bad thing. Right, yeah, I blame the parents. I'm kidding, yeah, I know, I know sometimes I mean, and that's the whole thing too, parents can do everything right and still right. This could be an issue.
Speaker 1:
So you just you just never know. All right, folks, before we go today, our dog who we got Detroit dog rescue. Somebody needs a home pita pita.
Speaker 4:
Pita needs a home pita. Look at that, look at those ears. I know he's got the aw.
Speaker 1:
come on I know isn't that great. It is so. Pita is a mixed breed. She's a spade female, 35 pounds. Dog friendly, cat friendly is unknown. Kid friendly over eight. Activity level is medium.
Speaker 4:
She was born in 2022, so about I'll tell you you say cat friendly, and no, no, she looks cat friendly, yeah, but it's the cats that don't like how friendly she actually is that could be.
Speaker 1:
That could be so, probably. You know, two ish, two ish years old, so beautiful, yes, I mean, look at that face. Who wouldn't want that? So, anyway, pita, detroit dog rescue she needs a home and, yeah, go pick her up. Give her a home today, pita, please, please, already, folks, that is our series on radical acceptance. We'll be back next week. I don't know what we're talking about yet, but, um, show up and we'll find out. Rock on, absolutely already, folks. Change your thinking, change your life, laugh hard, run fast, be kind, we'll see you next time.
