Jun 6, 2026 · 8 min · 7 segments
Send us Fan Mail We spend too much energy carrying opinions, expectations, and judgments that were never ours to carry. In this episode, Dr. Ibn Sharif Shakoor explores the difference between healthy…
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Ibn Sharif ShakoorHostSometimes it's about like becoming free, freeing yourself of like other people's opinions, narratives about you, perceptions of you, whether it's family, friends, whoever.
When I was younger, I was very thoughtful and reflective, like I always say.
I remember going through things in school where it was like, you know, someone would make a comment subtly about, you know, my mother's addiction or my father being in prison.
And it wasn't like overt, overt bullying where like, you know, people laughing at me, you know, and criticizing me because I feel like I was I was generally accepted by my peers.
You know, there was a part of me that felt like I wanted to disassociate from that narrative because I felt like I was a good kid.
You know, so just the idea of someone being able to talk about my family's personal issues, you know, it really shook me and it made me want to go throughout life controlling the narrative and, you know, You know, just not wanting to be judged and just wanting to be judged based off of my own actions and not, you know, not things that I didn't feel I was responsible for, which had a domino effect because I felt powerless.
Sometimes it's about like becoming free, freeing yourself of like other people's opinions, narratives about you, perceptions of you, whether it's family, friends, whoever.
When I was younger, I was very thoughtful and reflective, like I always say.
I remember going through things in school where it was like, you know, someone would make a comment subtly about, you know, my mother's addiction or my father being in prison.
And it wasn't like overt, overt bullying where like, you know, people laughing at me, you know, and criticizing me because I feel like I was I was generally accepted by my peers.
You know, there was a part of me that felt like I wanted to disassociate from that narrative because I felt like I was a good kid.
You know, so just the idea of someone being able to talk about my family's personal issues, you know, it really shook me and it made me want to go throughout life controlling the narrative and, you know, You know, just not wanting to be judged and just wanting to be judged based off of my own actions and not, you know, not things that I didn't feel I was responsible for, which had a domino effect because I felt powerless.
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