Episode 14: Lehi Duncan

<p>Lehi Duncan is an embodiment of servant leadership. He's held a number of leadership for social change roles across the country from managing a youth development charity, to managing distributions of a government grant-making body, to philanthropic governance and now growing the city of Kirikiriroa Hamilton working in local council. Over the years, we've grown a friendship over mutual interests in spirituality, leadership, philosophy, philanthropy and youth development, and was the person who gifted the name of this podcast to me: Take Your Meds! </p><p>This episode was juicy, and it felt like we covered so much terrain in such a short time. The episode really speaks into the themes of presence, insignificance, and reclaiming your body. What I love about Lehi is that he has an ability to craft potent and powerful messages in flow worthy of being printed on t-shirts. My top three quotes:</p><p>"Acceptance is not trying to change anything and being okay with it” </p><p>"False humility looks like I’m not good enough. I don’t deserve to take up space. I don’t deserve to be present in my body. True humility is recognising your place and space.”</p><p>"My actions are insignificant unless I’m part of a movement."</p><p>We dive into:</p><ul> <li>The power of insignificance </li> <li>Reframing what medicine is</li> <li>Letting go of being in control</li> <li>Motorbikes as a tool for emotional regulation</li> <li>Tattoos as a mechanism to reclaim the body</li> <li>Overcoming dissociation </li> <li>Authentic self-expression through the body </li> <li>False humility vs true humility</li> <li>Acknowledging your own disfunction  </li> <li>How capitalism impacts the human experience </li> </ul><p>If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave me a review on Apple Podcast :)</p><p>I love hearing from you, so if something you heard really resonated, drop me a message on Instagram via @the_gemma_rose </p><p>And if you have a topic you'd like to hear more about, let me know.</p>