Curiosity killed the cat? Maybe. But the real question is: who decided curiosity needed a morality clause in the first place?

In this episode of Trash Talk, Erica Breuer and Erin Thomas take the mantra “Choose curiosity over fear” for a spin. Popularized by Elizabeth Gilbert, examining how borrowed wisdom and parasocial admiration sneaks into our identity-building. There is a fine line between inspiration and parroting wisdom it for social credit

Can a line ever truly become yours?

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Choose curiosity over fear. | Elizabeth Gilbert X Acumen Academy https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f2auXo-p6pE

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Trash Talk Podcast, Erica Breuer, Erin Thomas, Cliched Advice, Self-help platitudes, Self-help myths, Toxic positivity, Burnout recovery, why self-help advice fails, toxic self-help culture, harmful motivational sayings, self-help myths debunked, burnout from motivation culture, skeptical about life coaching, questioning popular advice, when advice feels hollow, Choose curiosity over fear, Elizabeth Gilbert, guru culture, identity building, parasocial influence, motivation culture critique, inspirational quotes analysis, motivational cliches, personal growth pitfalls, critical thinking self-help

The Divine Feminine: nurturing, abundant, inspiring… and apparently complicated IF your guru is Deepak Chopra. Erica Breuer and Erin Thomas dig into why “activating your feminine energy” suddenly feels way less mystical when the messenger shows up in Epstein files.

Does the Divine Feminine empower? Or is it a trap?

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Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype, by Clarissa Pinkola Estés Phd

https://bookshop.org/p/books/women-who-run-with-the-wolves-clarissa-pinkola-estes-ph-d/5e495faa24961d97

“The Divine Feminine and the Power to Change the World” https://choprafoundation.org/consciousness/the-divine-feminine-and-the-power-to-change-the-world/

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They say you should stop apologizing. But is that always true?

We sat down with Kelly Elaine Garthwaite who shares how the phrase “stop apologizing” reshaped her life, and how she (and we) still question the situations where it truly applies.

Here’s to figuring out where apologies belong… and where they don’t!

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About Our Guest

Kelly Elaine Garthwaite

Co-host of The Naked Room youtube.com/@thenakedroompod or

Founder Living in Kindness Substack/YouTube www.youtube.com/@KellyGarthwaite

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