Alain De Botton

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1,037 appearances 5 recordings 5 series first heard Jan 2024 last heard 1 Jul

Alain De Botton’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Begin Again with Davina McCall · Begin Again Moments: Family Relationships · 1 Jun 2026 podcast

I can't let that continue.

At some point, I've got to become.

And by the way, we do this in love.

I mean, in love, most of us spend a good portion of our lives thinking, I'm not complete until I meet somebody else who's able to mirror for me

a good picture of who I am.

I won't tolerate myself until someone else can say, you're okay.

And until then, I'm not okay.

I give you power of attorney over my worth.

I give you the power to decide whether I'm a good person or a bad person.

Think about loneliness.

Of course.

But of course, that's not the history.

So let's get passionate towards the history.

Because we've come from a place where we take our school grades to our parents and go, what am I worth?

Am I a good person?

Maybe there are good evolutionary reasons why that's the case.

But the point is, how long do we want to let that continue?

At some point, we have to seize the reins and go, now I'm an adult.

And part of adulthood means not surrendering my power to decide my worth always to random external authorities.

I mean, again, in relationships, people get into terrible trouble because they stick around people who beam back occasionally.

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