{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What is a Good Life?","title":"What is a Good Life? #26 - Comfort In My Own Skin with Angela Kirwin","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3744,"description":"On the 26th episode of the \"What is a Good Life?\" podcast, I am joined by Angela Kirwin, who is a Writer, Speaker, Campaigner, former Social Care Worker, and author of the acclaimed book \"Criminal: How Our Prisons Are Failing Us All\"\nIn this episode, Angela shares with us her journey towards experiencing greater comfort in her own skin. From mainly focussing on hitting big goals to observing what actually makes her feel content (community and a common purpose), and from realising it was less about changing herself but returning to who she was. \nWe discuss her process of observing, understanding, and accepting her experience with ADHD through therapy, as well as the life lessons around vulnerability and authenticity she witnessed from men’s groups she facilitated in prison. While she also highlights the importance of appreciating the nuance and complexity of others in order to afford ourselves more compassion.\nIf you are presently being hard on yourself, experiencing negative self-talk, or you feel like you are on a constant treadmill to earn your own self-acceptance, this episode will give you plenty to contemplate, as well as providing a number of paths and perspectives to cultivate greater empathy for yourself. \nSubscribe for weekly episodes, every Tuesday, and check out my YouTube channel (link below) for daily clips and reflections.\n\nContact me at mark@whatisagood.life to book a free 30 minute consultation for one-on-one coaching programs or to hear about corporate workshops I am offering around this question.\n\nRunning Order:\n01:38 Podcast begins\n02:13 How does change happen, societally, culturally, and individually?\n05:10 Comfort in my own skin\n\n08:08 Community and Purpose\n\n13:18 How much are we in control of change?\n17:23 Change or returning to who you were?\n22:06 Inspiration from vulnerability of men in prison\n29:52 Lack of honesty with ourselves and others\n\n34:00 Journey with ADHD\n39:38 Inspiration for writing books\n\n45:56 Appreciating the nuance of other...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/bmT8FMFAsdpL8YpCcl1-OrgjJf3IhVZ_KJftDu8Wgy8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM3NDg2LzE2NzI4/MzUxMDgtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}