S1 E7: Not your standard neoliberal self-care BS

In this week’s episode, Zahra and Hien get together to reflect on their year and talk about the podcast’s future. It gets passionate and political. Check out the timestamps below for the major talking points.

0:00 Greetings

0:50 What’s been on Hien’s mind

1:26 What’s been on Zahra’s mind

5:21 Zahra talks about her year including health conditions and Enneagram trainings

10:41 Hien talks about her year including yoga trainings, her enneagram type, and her personal life

15:33 Expectations vs. Reality, recapping the process of Season 1

22:39 Plans, hopes, and dreams for Season 2

27:07 Hien and Zahra discuss what decolonization in wellness means to them

35:37 Hien and Zahra talk about neoliberalism and wellness

42:47 How we can disrupt neoliberalism with wellness and self-compassion

49:08 Things to look forward to during our off season (Clubhouse!) and closing

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Neoliberalism -- the ideology at the root of all our problems

Hien’s self-compassion course (general)

Hien also has a free self-compassion course for POC, email her at Hien@HienHong.com to take it.

Quote that inspired Hien when she talked about decolonization in wellness: “We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.” ~Ursula K. Le Guin

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