Stimulus Podcast 43 - How to Not Take Things Personally

<p class="p1">Our ego is always on patrol and, when it’s insulted, watch out! That is the core of what it means to take things personally. In this episode, we break down: how to not take things personally, sustainable happiness, using body language to transform our internal state, why some insults hurt and others do not, and specific scenarios where you might feel insulted (but don’t need to be).</p> <p class="p1"><strong>Guest Bio: </strong> <a href= "https://www.imboorling.be/en/about-us/who-we-are"><span class= "s3">Frederik Imbo</span></a> is the founder and head of <a href= "https://www.imboorling.be/en"><span class= "s3">Imboorling</span></a>, a company dedicated to improving communication on both the micro and macro levels. Frederik is a formally trained actor with a masters in dramatic arts from the Royal Conservancy in Ghent and was a <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0408149/"><span class="s3">prolific actor</span></a> on numerous television series.  During his acting career, he began taking roles working in training videos for interpersonal communication. The insights from those role-plays resonated with him and set him on a path of many years of study and training in neurolinguistic programming and nonviolent communication. Over time, fostering communication has become his life focus and led to the founding of <a href= "https://www.imboorling.be/en"><span class= "s3">Imboorling</span></a>.</p> <p class="p1">Frederik’s <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnJwH_PZXnM&list=PL4dm-UujdhLKgKiV3pqyhOeo6Fa_UayX_&index=5"> <span class="s3">TED talk on how to not take things personally</span></a> has been viewed 6 million times.</p> <p class="p5"><span class="s4"><strong>This episode is in support of</strong> <a href="https://worldbicyclerelief.org/"><span class= "s3">World Bicycle Relief</span></a></span> -- delivering specially designed, locally assembled, rugged bicycles for people in need. They’ve developed an efficient, innovative, and scalable model to empower students, health workers, and entre