#12: Love Begins With
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In This Episode of The Say The Word Podcast…
We’re talking about:
enthusfinal episode for Season 1— thank you!
an excerpt from Renee Watson’s Love Is A Revolution
the impact of story on who we are
Here’s where the action’s happening in today’s episode:
[00:46] - welcome
[01:19] - why I love this story
[02:58] - an excerpt from Renee Watson’s Love Is A Revolution
[04:18] - another conversation about guilt and shame
[05:16] - reference to Brene Brown’s TED TALK and episode 6 (Fuel)
[08:06]- reference to episode 8 (Forgiveness)
[09:28] - love in the abstract vs the people in front of us
[14:44] - learning to love self
[16:58] - honestly vs aspirationally
[17:16] - did I like swimming?
[20:09] - reference to Runaway Bride
[21:26] - reference to episode 3 (The Softer Voice)
[24:58] - lifelong work
[25:47] - Salman Rushdie’s NYT opinion piece
[29:02] - closing thoughts
[30:25] - reminder that Season 2 will debut on July 3, 2021
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