Our internal sense of being good enough and worthy of love and belonging is one of the strong traits that can heavily influence our life trajectory and how we handle challenging situations. My guest today is an expert who focuses on helping people discover their self-worth and be their own heroes. Dr. Adia Gooden is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in treating people of color through individual group and couples therapy. Her TEDx talk on cultivating unconditional self-worth has gained over 70,0000 views. Throughout today’s episode, we dive into what self-worth is, how it relates to overcoming mental health challenges, and what we can do to develop our self-worth and ultimately be our own heroes.
Unconditional Self-worth – When Adia was a child, she had struggled with social interactions, and that made her try to be perfect in many aspects, and it ultimately made her feel unworthy. Later in life, Adia realized that many people are trying to prove their worth with achievements, which made them struggle with self-worth. We talk about the story of Adia coming to this realization about unconditional self-worth.
Self-esteem and Self-worth – Adia talks about how these two concepts differ from each other, how they affect our lives and our feelings.
Depression and Self-worth – Depression is one of the leading causes of disability, and low self-worth is one of the factors that work as a catalyst to depression. Adia talks about how low self-worth contributes to depression and how to reduce the impact of low self-worth.
The Four Practices – Adia recommends four practices that help us improve our self-worth. We dive deep into each of these practices and how we can implement them in our lives.
Being our own Hero – When our life struggles sometimes lead us to feel unworthy about ourselves, we tend to get caught up in a victim mentality. We dive into Adia’s concept of being our own hero, which helps us get out of that victim mentality and empower ourselves.
Resources:
Connect with Dr. Adia:
Website: dradiagooden.com
TEDx Talk: ted.com/talks/adia_gooden_cultivating_unconditional_self_worth
Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unconditionally-worthy-podcast/id1551723745
Mentioned in the episode:
WHO face sheet on Depression: www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/depression
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