“I Feel So Wildly Lucky To Like Myself” | A Slight Change of Plans with Dr. Maya Shankar

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Sign up for Maya's new newsletter here https://bit.ly/41lPqaZ Jessica Slice spent years working towards the day when she might actually like herself. If she just tried a little harder, achieved a little more, ate a little healthier, she thought she could earn her own self-respect. But after experiencing a sudden health crisis, Jessica was forced to put all that work on indefinite pause, and to remake her relationship with herself. On today’s show: who we can become when we let go of society’s standards of goodness. If you’re interested in learning more about the books that shaped Jessica’s thinking on difference, disability and mental health, check out the list below: “The Minority Body: A Theory of Disability” by Elizabeth Barnes “Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure” by Eli Clare “Exile and Pride” by Eli Clare “Feminist, Queer, Crip” by Alison Kafer “The Disabled God: Toward a Liberatory Theology of Disability” by Nancy Eiesland “Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick”  Maya Dusenbery #podcast #change #interview #psychology #selfesteem #selfconfidence #disability #disabilityawareness Subscribe ➡️ https://bit.ly/3yWzX4r ABOUT A SLIGHT CHANGE OF PLANS Named by Apple as the Best Show of the Year 2021, host Dr. Maya Shankar blends compassionate storytelling with the science of human behavior to help us understand who we are, and who we become, in the face of a big change. You’ll hear extraordinary stories of change from celebrities like Tiffany Haddish, Kacey Musgraves, and Riz Ahmed, as well as real-life inspirations like Christine Ha, who became permanently blind in her early twenties and went on to win the reality TV show Master Chef; Richard Harris, the Australian doctor who rescued a boys’ soccer team trapped deep inside of a cave in Thailand; and Euna Lee, the Korean-American journalist who was held captive in North Korea for 140 days. The show also features science experts, like Adam Grant, Angela Duckworth, and Katy Milkman,