Key Takeaways:
- Renegotiating relationships with family while staying true to your authentic self.
- Finding harmony requires holding seemingly contradictory truths simultaneously.
- Our core purpose often resonates with us from a young age, but life's layers and societal expectations can obscure it.
An extraordinary conversation with Dr. Joshua Caraballo, an industrial organizational psychologist whose life story defies simple categorization. As a cisgendered, gay Puerto Rican cancer survivor, who grew up in a Jehovah's Witness household, Dr. Josh shares how multiple intersecting identities shaped his understanding of purpose and acceptance.
The discussion traverses deeply personal terrain, from Dr. Josh's earliest memories of attraction to the devastating stage-four Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosis he received at just 18 years old. Most poignantly, he reveals how this diagnosis initially reinforced internalized religious guilt—"God had just punished me"—before eventually catalyzing profound spiritual growth. These experiences form the backbone of his memoir, aptly titled "I'm Not Dead Yet…”
What distinguishes this conversation is Dr. Josh's practical wisdom for cultivating resilience. He introduces listeners to the PERMA-V framework for mental wellbeing: Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Achievement, and Vitality. This multi-dimensional approach acknowledges healing isn't linear but requires continuous self-awareness and acceptance.
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