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“One individual can really affect change and the best version of the world starts with the best version of ourselves,” shares Shelly Tygielski. As founder the global mutual aid organization called Pandemic of Love, she has connected more than 2 million individuals in need with people who can provide resources. Tygielski discusses the power of radical self-care and community with Host Greg Muzzillo. She also shares insights from her book, Sit Down to Rise Up, on ways to achieve our own mind, body, and emotional balance.
Chapter Summaries
- 0:40 - Introducing Shelly
- 1:55 - Rise Up
- 6:22 - Radical Self-Care
- 10:45 - Toxic Positivity
- 15:55 - Communities of Care
- 19:30 - Mutual Aid
- 23:10 - Rising Tide Lifts All Ships
- 27:55 - Our Purpose is to Love
Key Takeaways:
- Sense of agency is really just the ability to be reflective and have awareness and be introspective about how our actions can actually affect other people and affect the world.
- The best version of the world starts with the best version of ourselves.
- When we look at what self-care is now on the internet, or we search up on Instagram, the hashtag self-care, the things that come up really don't qualify as self-care, because the term has been hijacked by the industrial wellness complex. So we associate self-care with things that cost money, right? Like, bath bombs or green juices or a Peloton. And it's not that those things can't contribute to your health, et cetera, but really that's not what self-care is.
- So when I talk about self-care, I'm really talking about communal care. I'm talking about how do we intricately weave these webs of safety nets for each other, and then in a radical way, take on the moral obligation to take care of one another.
- When a rising tide lifts all ships and that's the idea is that we all can contribute to that rising tide, all of our ships rise.
- Our purpose really is to love, to not only love, but to allow others to love us.
- The most powerful words a salesperson can say, although you never say it quite this way, is I have a problem and I need your help.
Resource Links
Book: Sit Down to Rise Up: How Radical Self-Care Can Change the World
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