“My issue with TBM is that it’s essentially never ending self-improvement homework, with negative consequences for those who don’t constantly keep up with it. I really reject the message that bad things will happen to you if you are not “in your worth.” Specifically, it was tone deaf for Lacy to suggest that the SAG strike is negative affecting those that didn’t “do the work” during Covid. It’s a slippery slope to attribute bad things or good things happening to those who have somehow put in more effort. Sometimes things happen this way, and sometimes they don’t. Often life can be extremely random. I worry that these teachings will find their way to people with guilt fueled religious upbringings, or that those who have lost love ones or had abusive childhoods will somehow feel the universe is testing them because of some higher plane they haven’t reached. TBM is part of a larger wellness/self-improvement culture and I’ve begun to realize the constant push for (mostly women) to just constantly scrutinize themselves, improve themselves, and dig deeper and deeper into their psyche is actually a way to feel a false sense of control over life’s unpredictability. I also have started to think it’s not all that different from how diet culture used to be- a push for us to be constantly examining ourselves rather than just living and enjoying life. This podcast and work is just not for me at all and that’s okay. I just wanted to share this in case it resonates with someone else.”
Shawna27888 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/12/23