Episode 3: Permission to Feel, Fearlessly (COVID, BLM & Philosophy)

In this super 'intersectional' conversation, Ali and I talk about 'fearing our feelings' and the urgent call to become fearless feelers during COVID and the crises of 2020! It's almost like we've been needing 'permission to feel'. 

I loved making this episode while slowly coming out of COVID lockdown in London, which frankly has also felt like an 'emotional lockdown'. We have all been deeply confronted with our emotions individually and and as a society. The fears of this pandemic and the racism events in the US and globally around Black Lives Matter movement have shaken our internal selves, allowing our cores to surface. Ali and I talk about the controversy of this kind of emotional transparency as we share our personal stories. We also discuss why it's hard to admit to being driven by our emotions rather than by our thoughts as Philosopher, Spinoza, once claimed and got rejected for. 

This very geeky episode weaves philosophy of emotions vs thought and connects the dots to modern psychology, politics, and literature. 

Ps. This conversation was inspired in part by Brene Brown's podcast series, Unlocking Us, specifically the episode "Permission to Feel" - an interview with Dr. Marc Brackett, the Director of Centre for Emotional Intelligence at Yale University.

Thank you for lending us your ears and hearts! It's time we become fearless. 

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Fearlessly yours,
Tania and Ali

***This podcast series is inspired by Tania's training and workshop series for children and professionals in intersectional emotional and social intelligence. 

© Fearless Knowledge 2020
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*Sound Editing by Lukas Steinmaier