"A lot of the things that are preventing us from realizing love are needs to be accepted by our community, our population, our society... Go easy on yourself because everything that is around you wants you to go in the opposite direction."

Humble the Poet

Humble the Poet goes deep about all things self-love, romantic love, overcoming societal pressures, and the true value of self-awareness and vulnerability. He highlights a few concepts from his new book, “How to Be Love(d): Simple Truths for Going Easier on Yourself, Embracing Imperfection, & Loving Your Way to a Better Life”.

Let’s humbly admit that we all want a better, easier life, and we all want love. We all want to love and be loved… but what stops us from experiencing that and how can we create more pathways for love to enter our lives? That’s what we’re exploring in this episode. 

Humble the Poet (Kanwer Mahl) is a Canadian-born artist, rapper, spoken-word poet, international best-selling author, and former elementary school teacher with a wildly popular blog with over 100,000 monthly readers. He is the author of “Unlearn”, “Things No One Else Can Teach Us”, and most recently, “How to Be Love(d)”.\

Follow Humble the Poet @humblethepoet

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Follow him on Twitter @chasechewning

Key Highlights

  • Humble the Poet sheds light on his upbringing as a child of immigrants, from the fomo of celebrating holidays to the subtle awards for Americanizing yourself.

  • What is society? What is society trying to pressure you to do? When you reflect on that, you begin to see the distinction between reward and punishment, needs and wants, truth and falsehoods.

  • Why is it so hard to find love or to keep love? If you find yourself thinking that in a relationship, ask yourself: is this actually love? Love should not be demanding anything of you, other than honesty and presence.

  • Humble shares the meaning behind his quote: “Love is the breeze, the work that we have to do is to open the sail.”

  • Vulnerability is the key that unlocks love in all forms. If you don’t have love in your life, maybe your sail is just closed. How is vulnerability different than honesty? Tune in to hear Humble’s answer!

  • Humble describes why we should abandon the concept of good and bad.

  • We’re more in control of our relationship with ourselves. If we were kinder on ourselves, it’d be easier to be kinder to others.

  • One of the biggest mistakes we make with love is measuring its value through a timeline. Love doesn’t have a timeline. To Humble, it’s all about creating pathways of love.

Powerful Quotes by Humble the Poet

A lot of the things that are preventing us from realizing love are needs to be accepted by our community, our population, our society.

I had built so many layers of protection. I had built a fortress to protect myself from the world and from getting hurt… that I didn’t realize that that fortress was really a prison.

Go easy on yourself because everything that is around you wants you to go in the opposite direction.

If I were able to encourage a religion on anybody, it would be the religion of self-awareness.

What really disturbs our peace is avoiding the pain.

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EFR 700: How to Be Love(d) - Simple Truths for Going Easier on Yourself, Embracing Imperfection, & Loving Your Way to a Better Life with Humble the Poet

Humble the Poet goes deep about all things self-love, romantic love, overcoming societal pressures, and the true value of self-awareness and vulnerability. He highlights a few concepts from his new book, “How to Be Love(d): Simple Truths for Going Easier on Yourself, Embracing Imperfection, & Loving Your Way to a Better Life”.

Let’s humbly admit that we all want a better, easier life, and we all want love. We all want to love and be loved… but what stops us from experiencing that and how can we create more pathways for love to enter our lives? That’s what we’re exploring in this episode. 

Humble the Poet (Kanwer Mahl) is a Canadian-born artist, rapper, spoken-word poet, international best-selling author, and former elementary school teacher with a wildly popular blog with over 100,000 monthly readers. He is the author of “Unlearn”, “Things No One Else Can Teach Us”, and most recently, “How to Be Love(d)”.\

Follow Humble the Poet @humblethepoet

Follow Chase on Instagram @chase_chewning

Follow him on Twitter @chasechewning

Key Highlights

  • Humble the Poet sheds light on his upbringing as a child of immigrants, from the fomo of celebrating holidays to the subtle awards for Americanizing yourself.

  • What is society? What is society trying to pressure you to do? When you reflect on that, you begin to see the distinction between reward and punishment, needs and wants, truth and falsehoods.

  • Why is it so hard to find love or to keep love? If you find yourself thinking that in a relationship, ask yourself: is this actually love? Love should not be demanding anything of you, other than honesty and presence.

  • Humble shares the meaning behind his quote: “Love is the breeze, the work that we have to do is to open the sail.”

  • Vulnerability is the key that unlocks love in all forms. If you don’t have love in your life, maybe your sail is just closed. How is vulnerability different than honesty? Tune in to hear Humble’s answer!

  • Humble describes why we should abandon the concept of good and bad.

  • We’re more in control of our relationship with ourselves. If we were kinder on ourselves, it’d be easier to be kinder to others.

  • One of the biggest mistakes we make with love is measuring its value through a timeline. Love doesn’t have a timeline. To Humble, it’s all about creating pathways of love.

Powerful Quotes by Humble the Poet

A lot of the things that are preventing us from realizing love are needs to be accepted by our community, our population, our society.

I had built so many layers of protection. I had built a fortress to protect myself from the world and from getting hurt… that I didn’t realize that that fortress was really a prison.

Go easy on yourself because everything that is around you wants you to go in the opposite direction.

If I were able to encourage a religion on anybody, it would be the religion of self-awareness.

What really disturbs our peace is avoiding the pain.

Recommended Resources:


Ever Forward Radio is sponsored by...

Legacy

73% of people know nothing about their own fertility. Are you one of them?

Sperm is half of the equation when it comes to having kids. But average sperm counts have dropped by over 50% in recent decades, and today, half of all infertility cases involve the male partner. Sperm testing gives you the tools you need to understand and optimize your fertility. Legacy lets you do it all from home.

Save 20% on the "For Today" at-home test kit code EVERFORWARD


Timeline Nutrition

"Thanks to Timeline I am able to fortify my health at the cellular level and support my longevity."

We’ve conducted numerous clinical studies and have thousands of people taking Mitopure daily. Your mitochondrial upgrade starts here!

Our clinical studies have shown a 17% increase in muscle recovery and a reduction of muscle fatigue after 8 weeks of taking a daily dose of Mitopure*.

After 4 months, clinical studies show the benefits of Mitopure on muscles, with a 12% increase in muscle strength.

CLICK HERE to save 10% with code EVERFORWARD