In this episode, we discuss:
- His goals from an early age - reducing the amount of harm he causes, and preparing for his own death
- Physical dependence on alcohol
- His experience with people telling him he needs to be less emotional, achieve more, etc.
- Coming to a place of feeling good enough without external validation
- How he learned to hide his mistakes instead of make mistakes
- The beginning of our numbing
- How isolation can sometimes be a self-preservation tactic
- Boundaries! My favorite topic!
- The reason he started to question his relationship with alcohol
- Psychedelic therapeutic modalities
- The importance of asking for help
- Letting go of the narratives we get when we’re kids
Catch up with Benton:
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