Dr. Gabor Maté
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Thank you.
You see some kind of a contradiction between what you call self-improvement and self-acceptance?
Can you tell me a bit more about that?
What is the contradiction that you're perceiving there?
And that's true.
If you're working on self-improvement,
you're making some kind of an accusation against yourself.
But how about if you just put the two together as, how can I reach my full potential?
And ask yourself that question.
Then there's no contradiction.
How can I reach my full potential?
And what is keeping me from my full potential?
There's no accusation in that.
There's no self-judgment in that.
There's no self-rejection in that.
It just says,
How can I reach my full potential?
And that is a lifelong process.
But it's a beautiful one.
And there's no contradiction in it.