The Life In Limbo podcast is about building a life you love on the foundation of what’s most important to you. Each week I chat with an interesting person or share my own ideas in order to explore about how we can stay connected to our personal values, measure what matters most to us, listen to our own voices, and create a life we enjoy. Subscribe on iTunes here or see all episodes here.
This week on the show I’m talking about my recent interrogation of some of my own positive illusions! In the episode I define the concept of positive illusions and make the case for why sometimes we need to break our own positive illusions (both the ones about ourselves and about the world) in order to become more of the people we want to be.
Shownotes:
- Definitions of positive illusions
- Everyone thinks they’re above average
- A few articles on the concept of depressive realism here, here and here
- If you’re curious, you can see my RuPaul’s Drag Race Airtable sheet here
- More resources on racism on RuPaul’s Drag Race here and here
- The Person You Mean To Be by Dolly Chugh
- Investigating gender bias in reporting articles here and here
- Statistics about drag queen Instagram followings
- On white-passing privilege, Trixie Mattel on her privilege
- Race and ethnicity in the United States
- Or Har-Gil on the podcast
- Ameema Saeed on the podcast
- You can see more about my reading life here
Let me know! Did this episode resonate with you? You can reach out and let me know on Instagram or in the comments section below.
