I was sharing some additional materials with a client the other day, and we sat together and watched Michael Neill’s wonderful TEDx talk: Why Aren’t We Awesomer?
If you’ve not seen it, it’s essential viewing: funny, to the point (it’s only 14 minutes long) and shoots like an arrow, straight to the heart of the inside-out understanding.
(I mean, Michael wrote the book, so it makes sense that he’d be pretty good at articulating it.)
For a long time, this was my all time favourite TED talk and yet I’ve not watched it for years.
I’m pleased to report it has stood the test of time, and as I was listening to Michael relate his story once more (he suffered from bouts of severe depression and suicidal ideation, before coming across this understanding), I was struck by the way he described that experience. He said he realised that: