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When you understand the power of a limiting belief and change it into a liberating belief, you get to take your power back and achieve personal freedom. In this segment of our Next Economy Living mini-series, we are joined by author and advocate for personal liberation, Christine Platt, to talk about her new book, Less is Liberation, and to share her liberation story.
Christine felt she no longer resonated with her success that was deeply rooted in her afrominimalist identity and decided to take ownership of her own life and liberate herself from the constraints of a career that didn’t serve her deepest desires. Tune in to hear Christine share her story, how she let go of limiting beliefs and fear, why she’s passionate about storytelling, the power of personal freedom, not just collective liberation, and so much more! Christine redefines ‘selfishness’ for listeners and, in doing so, shows us how we can free ourselves from limiting beliefs. We also discuss the five foundations of wellness before delving into learning how to ‘get well’.
Finally, Christine touches on where limiting beliefs stem from and how you can pinpoint them. To hear all this and be inspired to seek out personal liberation and figure out who you truly are, be sure to press play now!
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Key Points From This Episode:
How Christine’s first book, The Truth About Awiti, kick-started her path to liberation. [0:04:16]
The power of storytelling and sharing stories that need to be told but aren’t. [0:13:16]
Letting go of limiting beliefs and behaviors and choosing to go on your journey. [0:16:24]
Christine’s first act of career liberation and how frightening liberation is. [0:21:40]
Personal liberation versus collective liberation, and what a limiting belief actually is. [0:24:50]
Redefining ‘selfishness’ and the danger of not being able to self-assess. [0:32:01]
The five foundations of wellness and how a health scare changed Christine’s life. [0:43:04]
Pinpointing your limiting beliefs in order to achieve collective wellness and freedom. [0:50:41]
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Quotes:
“We are living in the lasting implications of decisions of those who came before us – [and] the decisions that we make hold that same power.” — Christine Platt [0:14:46]
“People don’t talk about how liberation is frightening – [and] how hard it is to make a decision that is going to impact and change your entire life.” — Christine Platt [0:21:59]
“A lot of the overwhelm that we experience in our lives is self-induced.” — Christine Platt [0:23:50]
“Our bodies are always trying to be well. So you will ‘get well’ but you have to learn how to listen to your body.” — Christine Platt [0:47:42]
“Until we, ourselves, are liberated, until we, ourselves are well, there’s not going to be collective liberation.” — Christine Platt [0:53:51]
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Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Christine Platt: https://www.iamchristineplatt.com/
Christine Platt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-platt-afrominimalist/
Christine Platt on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamchristineplatt/
Less is Liberation: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/christine-platt/less-is-liberation/9781538758304/
The Truth About Awiti: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-truth-about-awiti-cp-patrick/12074086?ean=9780692287736&next=t
Afrominimalist: https://www.afrominimalist.org/
The Untethered Soul: https://bookshop.org/p/books/necessary-losses-the-loves-illusions-dependencies-and-impossible-expectations-that-all-of-us-have-judith-viorst/16021189?ean=9780684844954&next=t
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