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How to be Okay (so that everything else doesn't have to be)

As humans, we just want to be okay. But most of us have forgotten how. Or rather, we have forgotten how to find this feeling within ourselves so we look to the outside world to provide it for us. And this works great - so long as you do the right thing, say the right thing and look the right way 100% of the time to everyone you ever meet and their dog. Hi! I’m Laura Hudson. A seasoned “okayness outsourcer”, I’ve decided it is time to bring things in-house because well…it’s exhausting needing everyone else to be okay with us and I have a sneaking suspicion life could be a whole lot more enjoyable if we figure out how to provide this for ourselves.Whether you struggle with perfectionism, depression, anxiety, addiction, disordered eating or you just feel like your mind seems to make life unnecessarily hard, this podcast is for you. Because spoiler alert: all of these seemingly different "problems" are just our mind’s well-intentioned (but misguided) solutions for ONE problem - we all just want to be okay but we've forgotten how to do that for ourselves. So join me as we talk to guests from all walks of life about how this phenomenon manifests in their life and how they are figuring out how to be okay (so that everything else doesn’t have to be)

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Metaphorical lions, tigers and bears - oh my! How did we get here? Part 1 (NATURE)

April 09, 2021 • Laura Hudson • Season 1 • Episode 4

#004 - In part one of the 'how did we get here?' series we take a deep (like 70,000-years-deep) dive into the history of our species to figure out why we tend to look outside ourselves to feel okay. The bad news? Our brains are wired for negativity because once upon a time its job was to keep us from getting eaten by (non-metaphorical) lions. The good news? We are not our brains. We are the observers of them; which means we can choose not to believe all the made up stories our brains feed us. Tune into Episode 004 to hear how! Show notes found at howtobeokay.ca

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