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It Is What It Is

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by Nadia Werkowska

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The road to self-discovery is one with a lot of sharp stones and barking dogs. My book "It Is What It Is" is your sisterly guide and friend to keep you company on that journey, a journey we all need to take alone. The audiobook offers you a universal process for knowing ourselves better from a woman who has, after a great deal of therapy, managed to awaken her own inner guru and build incredible happiness on her own terms. The book was written in 2021 and published in by Znak Księgarnia in 2022. Translation from the Polish into English by Agata Sochalska. Read by Steve W.

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March 8, 2023

Be Willing To Be Uncomfortable

An audiobook version of my memoir/self-help book: It Is What It Is. I I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk I fall in. I am lost … I am helpless. It isn’t my fault. It takes me forever to find a way out. II I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don’t see it. I fall in again. I can’t believe I am in the same place but, it isn’t my fault. It still takes a long time to get out. III I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I see it is there. I still fall in … it’s a habit. my eyes are open I know where I am. It is my fault. I get out immediately. IV I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walk around it. V I walk down another street. (words: Portia Nelson) From: It Is What It Is, by Nadia Werkowska (translated by Agata Sochalska from the Polish - all material copyright Werkowska/Sochalska.)

March 7, 2023

The Problems That Self-Knowledge Solves

An audiobook version of my memoir/self-help book: It Is What It Is. "We equate happiness with high-intensity emotions—excitement, anticipation, ecstasy, orgasm. This may be collectively our biggest problem with feeling happier—that we conflate it with pleasure. But pleasure is not happiness, and high-intensity emotions burn us all out. Ideally what we want is to inhabit what motivational speaker Tony Robbins calls ‘a beautiful state.’ I’m paraphrasing, but a beautiful state, says Robbins, is when you feel love, joy, gratitude, awe, playfulness, ease, creativity, drive, caring, growth, curiosity and appreciation. This, he says, is how a person looks when they are ‘in harmony with essence’ (essence being your true nature). Contrast this with being in a suffering state: stressed out (the overachiever’s version of fear), worried, frustrated, angry, depressed, irritable, overwhelmed, resentful and fearful. Self-knowledge fosters this cooler, but ultimately more sustainable happiness. Even before we have lined life up perfectly, we enjoy the sense that we are making progress. And that feels incredibly satisfying." From: It Is What It Is MANTRAS: I do my thing and you do your thing. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, And you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you and I am I; If by chance we find each other, it’s beautiful. If not, it can’t be helped. -Fritz Perls, "The Gestalt Prayer" If I just do my thing and you do yours, We stand in danger of losing each other And ourselves. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations; But I am in this world to confirm you As a unique human being, And to be confirmed by you. We are fully ourselves only in relation to each other; The I detached from a You Disintegrates. I do not find you by chance; I find You by an active life Of reaching out. Rather than passively letting things happen to me, I can act intentionally to make them happen. I must begin with myself, true; But I must not end with myself: The truth begins with two. -Walter Tubbs, "Beyond Perls"

March 6, 2023

Self-Knowledge (Why Give A Damn?)

An audiobook recording of my memoir/self-help book: It Is What It Is. "The power of inertia—the tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged—fixes us all in place at times. Inertia is a powerful counterforce to pretty much anything good. It can often arise in relationships, which is why when we truly know ourselves, and what it is we need to be happy, it is best to end a relationship if certain form of inertia or stuckness has entered into your interactions. We can only grow by moving out of inertia into self-knowledge and self-development." - From: It Is What It Is

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What is It Is What It Is?: The road to self-discovery is one with a lot of sharp stones and barking dogs.

My book "It Is What It Is" is your sisterly guide and friend to keep you company on that journey, a journey we all need to take alone.

The audiobook offers you a universal process for knowing ourselves better from a woman who has, after a great deal of therapy, managed to awaken her own inner guru and build incredible happiness on her own terms.

The book was written in 2021 and published in by Znak Księgarnia in 2022. Translation from the Polish into English by Agata Sochalska.

Read by Steve W.
How often does this podcast release new episodes?: This podcast updates daily.
Where can I listen to this podcast?: This podcast is available on 4 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
Does this podcast accept guests?: No, this podcast does not typically feature guests.

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