Excerpts from a new essay in my newsletter: How to stop being your own bully, my go-to guidelines 🩷 Art on last slide by Aniela Sobieski
another excerpt below:
“Years ago I sat on the edge of my bed and had an epiphany: I am in a relationship with myself and I am not a good partner, I am not a good friend. I am my biggest bully.
Of course I feel shitty and tired and small. Of course I have low self-worth! Who wouldn’t when what they hear over and over again is they aren’t good enough?
I thought my happiness depended on getting what I wanted in life not realizing most of the pain I felt was self-inflicted.
It was a humbling and empowering feeling. To finally fully comprehend I had a part of this, which meant I could change it because I deserved better.
And the first step to change was understanding why I was so mean to myself in the first place.”
🌻Hello, Higher Self: An Outsider’s Guide To Loving Yourself in a Tough World is now out everywhere and my heart is so full ♥️ I cannot wait for you to read it
About the book:
"Hello Higher Self is an inclusive guide to radical self-love, a self-care manifesto that calls on readers to radically shift their perspectives from the Learned Hierarchical Beliefs (LHBs) we've all internalized to the self-acceptance we were born into, aka our Higher Selves. This book shines a light into eighteen areas of life where LHBs often lurk--from creativity, to work, to relationships, to race, to sexual pleasure. Michael's mix of meditative advice, exercises, and personal stories make for a jaw-dropping read."
Deepest gratitude to my book agent @meg_thompson for believing in this message from the beginning! My whole fam at @voraciousbooks@littlebrown especially my editors @dnewellthea@foreverbeard and my pub fam across the pond @hayhouseuk
Huge thanks to @chaninicholas@ilana@yung_pueblo@wordsarevibrations@decolonizingtherapy@laurenjauregui@michellcclark@softcore_trauma for your generous words
To my parents and sisters for supporting me in telling my story.
To my partner @khdg for their love and encouragement
To all my friends especially @ashandchess for always being there with the helpful advice and love
Never forget!!!! 💕🌹🫂
❤️Quote from my new book, Hello, Higher Self: An Outsider’s Guide to Loving Yourself in a Tough World ✨💧
Unlearn the limiting beliefs we were conditioned with my our toxic culture and trauma to unlock the power of your Higher Self. Published by Little Brown in the U.S. and Hayhouse in UK
This new moon has me thinking about what truly makes me happy, not the image of happiness- not the aesthetic of fulfillment but what true happiness is for me. And I keep returning to the moments when I just let myself be here now. In the simple experience of aliveness. When there is nothing to prove and no where to go.
Painting by George Inness
Ep.318 of @magichourpodcast we have an inspiring and beautiful conversation with @bunnymichael where we discuss how you can awaken your higher self consciousness ✨
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Find us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube 💜🎧
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Excerpts from a new podcast episode out today: Jealousy, Comparison & Desire. I talk about my personal experiences navigating jealousy and how I learned to alchemize those feelings into deeper self-understanding and empowerment 🩷
Available only through my newsletter and patreon. (Once you sign up you can listen in any pod app)
“One of my most profound social humiliations was when I was 13 (the age where social humiliation is likely most rampant). On the first day of 7th grade, I walked into the linoleum hallway at Parkhill Junior High, only to discover I had officially been labeled the school slut. You see, over the summer, I had kissed a popular girl’s ex-boyfriend, resulting in a series of rumors, misinformation, and innuendo, no doubt fueled by the fact that I was one of the only non-white kids at my school, which made me an easy target. I had become a social pariah. Worst of all, even my best friend turned against me. I went from feeling relatively socially comfortable to being an outcast with no one to sit with at lunch. I was picked on and humiliated. Older girls threatened to beat me up after school. And while I eventually found a new circle of friends who were outcasts in their own right, this experience was a turning point for my social confidence. An entire group of people could just decide you don’t belong, and there is nothing you can do about it.
We all carry stories like these, experiences of social rejection that our nervous systems want to avoid repeating at all costs. And while I have compassion for my inner 13-year-old and the pain she went through, there came a point where I had to recognize this isn’t junior high anymore. My social anxiety manifested as a fear of being judged by others, but the truth was I was judging other people by assuming they weren’t kind and by projecting the immaturity of my junior high bullies on them. How unfair!” READ MY WHOLE ESSAY IN MY NEWSLETTER 🩷
