Why does acceptance sometimes feel like we are admitting defeat?

Join Sarah and Erika on this week's episode as they delve into the topic of acceptance and explore what it truly means to find peace with it. After Sarah's recent holiday, she finds herself feeling resentful returning to her daily routine. Listen as Erika guides Sarah through her negative emotions and provides practical advice on how to work through them to reach a state of acceptance. This episode raises thought-provoking questions and offers valuable lessons that we can all apply to our own lives. Don't miss out on this insightful conversation.

What is 'Acceptance'?
Acceptance is an alternative to our instinct to avoid or ignore negative thoughts or feelings. It encapsulates the idea of a complete embrace of one's experience, including thoughts, feelings, and emotions - no matter how negative, confronting or uncomfortable.  It is non-judgmental awareness that actively embraces the experience of thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations as they occur. 

Discussed in this episode: 

• Lessons in Chemistry, By Bonnie Garmus
• How to practice Internal Acceptance of self and recognize signs of Resistance to our negative thoughts, feelings, or sensations. Signs of Resistance include: Avoidance, Anger, Blame, Defensiveness, Perfectionism, Dismissiveness
• ACT (Acceptance Commitment Therapy): A type of mindful psychotherapy emphasizing staying present and accepting thoughts, feelings, sensations without judgment.  
• Man’s Search for Meaning: By Viktor Frankl. Victor Frankl (1905-1997) an Austrian neurologist and psychologist and Holocaust survivor, devoted his life to studying, understanding and promoting “meaningfulness” by identifying a purpose in life to feel positive about and then immersively imagining that outcome”
• “The One Most Adaptable to Change is the One that Survives. It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself.” -Charles Darwin

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