VIDEO
Gay Man Overcomes Self-Hatred and Learns to Love Himself.
2018
He learned as a young boy that being feminine or different was not okay, which planted a seed of self-hatred. Only as an adult—and with the help of therapy—was Hawmi able to overcome his internalized homophobia and live a happy and free life.
FULL SUMMARY
He learned as a young boy that being feminine or different was not okay, which planted a seed of self-hatred. Only as an adult—and with the help of therapy—was Hawmi able to overcome his internalized homophobia and live a happy and free life.
07:02 min
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE
CLEAR ALL
BY TOPIC
BY TEACHER
BY TYPE
FILTER
TOPIC
- Well-Being (56)
- Romantic Relationships (49)
- BIPOC Well-Being (46)
- LGBTQIA Sexuality (45)
- Coming Out (42)
- Discrimination (41)
- Identity (41)
- LGBTQIA Relationships (38)
- Gender Identity (37)
- Nonbinary Well-Being (37)
- Personal Development (35)
- Athlete Well-Being (34)
- Communication Skills (31)
- Homophobia (30)
- Self-Development (30)
- Self-Discovery (28)
- Building Character (27)
- Disabled Well-Being (27)
- Emotional and Mental Health (24)
- Self-Worth (24)
- Self-Love (22)
- Black Well-Being (21)
- Body Image (21)
- Activism/Service (20)
- Belonging (20)
- Intimacy (20)
- Marriage (20)
- Self-Care (20)
- Social Justice (20)
- Speaking Your Truth (20)
- Women’s Well-Being (20)
- Memoir (19)
- Creative Well-Being (18)
- Family Acceptance (17)
- Mindfulness (17)
- Resilience (17)
- Self-Expression (17)
- Young Adult Well-Being (17)
- LGBTQIA Children (16)
- Parenting (16)
- Self-Compassion (16)
- Spiritual Growth (16)
- Buddhism (15)
- Neurodiversity (15)
- Self-Realization (15)
- Shame (15)
- Awareness (14)
- Self-Actualization (14)
- Self-Healing (14)
- Self-Reflection Practices (14)
- Courage (13)
- Divorce and Breakup (13)
- Gender Discrimination (13)
- Leadership (13)
- Sexuality (13)
- Transformation (13)
- Aging (12)
- Racial Discrimination (12)
- Racism (12)
- Values (12)
- Autism (11)
- Empowerment (11)
- Fellowship and Community (11)
- Happiness (11)
- Self-Esteem (11)
- Self-Limiting Beliefs (11)
- Sex (11)
- Trauma Healing (11)
- Family Dynamics (10)
- Gender Challenges (10)
- Identity Shifts (10)
- Letting Go (10)
- Search for Purpose (10)
- Vulnerability (10)
- Work Challenges (10)
- AIDS (9)
- Cross-Cultural Dynamics (9)
- Forgiveness (9)
- Growth Mindset (9)
- Meditation (9)
- Neuroscience (9)
- Physical Health (9)
- Anger (8)
- Compassion (8)
- Conflict Resolution (8)
- Finding Meaning (8)
- Friendship (8)
- Gender and Spirituality (8)
- Gratitude (8)
- Grit (8)
- Imagination and Creativity (8)
- Love (8)
- Mind-Body Connection (8)
- Mindfulness Practices (8)
- Offering Support to Others (8)
- Racial Identity (8)
- Racial Justice (8)
- Setting Limits and Boundaries (8)
- Faith and Identity (7)
- Human Potential (7)
- Inner Life (7)
- Inspiration (7)
- Latinx Well-Being (7)
- Life Challenges (7)
- Spiritual Awakening (7)
- Work Relationships (7)
- Acceptance (6)
- Addiction (6)
- Anxiety (6)
- Cancer (6)
- Community Healing (6)
- Decision Making (6)
- Diet and Nutrition (6)
- Eating Disorders (6)
- Empathy (6)
- Fear (6)
- Female Empowerment (6)
- Indigenous Well-Being (6)
- Inner Peace (6)
- Motherhood (6)
- Positive Psychology (6)
- Self-Reckoning (6)
- Withholding (6)
- Body Positivity (5)
- Codependency (5)
- Consciousness (5)
- Criticism and Rejection (5)
- Depression (5)
- Digital Life (5)
- Exercise (5)
- Freedom (5)
- Gender Justice (5)
- Habits of Mind (5)
- Healthy Eating (5)
- Honoring Emotion (5)
- Intention (5)
- LGBTQIA Parents (5)
- Negative Self-Talk (5)
- Presence (5)
- Reproductive Health (5)
- Self-Mastery (5)
- Spiritual Development (5)
- Veteran Well-Being (5)
- Work-Life Balance (5)
- AAPI Well-Being (4)
- Adaptability (4)
- Collaboration (4)
- Connection with Nature (4)
- Dysfunctional Childhood (4)
- Goal Setting (4)
- Habit Formation (4)
- Integrative Medicine (4)
- Kindness (4)
- Moral Philosophy (4)
- Neuroplasticity (4)
- Perception (4)
- Philosophical Approaches (4)
- Positive Thinking (4)
- Psychology and Spirituality (4)
- Racial Healing (4)
- Raising Nonbinary Children (4)
- Self-Control (4)
- Self-Pressure (4)
- Sleep (4)
- Social Presence (4)
- Social Responsibility (4)
- Stress (4)
- Tibetan Buddhism (4)
- Toxic Relationships (4)
- Trust (4)
- Unconscious Bias (4)
- Access to Education (3)
- ADD/ADHD (3)
- Affirmations (3)
- Buddha Nature (3)
- Burnout (3)
- Caregiver Well-Being (3)
- Climate Change (3)
- Confidence (3)
- Cross-Cultural Parenting (3)
- Curiosity (3)
- Disconnection (3)
- Entrepreneurship (3)
- Failure (3)
- Fiction (3)
- Focus (3)
- Gender Transition (3)
- Global Challenges (3)
- Grief (3)
- Humility (3)
- Immigration and Assimilation (3)
- Imposter Syndrome (3)
- Interdependence (3)
- Journaling (3)
- Joy (3)
- Loneliness (3)
- Mindfulness Meditation (3)
- Motivation (3)
- Neuropsychology (3)
- Othering (3)
- Passion (3)
- Patience (3)
- Positive Self-Talk (3)
- Psychology (3)
- Race and Gender (3)
- Sexual Assault or Abuse (3)
- Shadow (3)
- Spiritual Life (3)
- Spiritual Practices (3)
- Spirituality and Health (3)
- Storytelling (3)
- Stress Management (3)
- Transitions (3)
- Trauma (3)
- Visualization (3)
- Whiteness (3)
- Wholeness (3)
- Accepting Love (2)
- Addiction Recovery (2)
- Breathwork (2)
- Building Culture (2)
- Bullying (2)
- Challenges with Teens (2)
- Children’s Well-Being (2)
- Christianity (2)
- Compassion Meditation (2)
- Competition (2)
- Connection (2)
- Conscience (2)
- Ego (2)
- Embodiment (2)
- Emotional Intelligence (EQ) (2)
- Enlightenment (2)
- Existentialism (2)
- Faith (2)
- Forest Bathing (2)
- Generational Healing (2)
- Generosity (2)
- Hope (2)
- Inner Child (2)
- Intergenerational Trauma (2)
- Jealousy/Envy (2)
- Learning Styles (2)
- Life-Altering Injury (2)
- Longevity (2)
- Lovingkindness (2)
- Lovingkindness Meditation (2)
- Masculine/Feminine Dynamics (2)
- Memory (2)
- Men’s Well-Being (2)
- Midlife Crisis (2)
- Neoshamanism (2)
- New Relationships (2)
- Oneness (2)
- Optimism (2)
- Passive-Aggressive Behavior (2)
- Peak Performance (2)
- Pleasing Parents (2)
- Poetry (2)
- Post-Traumatic Growth (2)
- Rest (2)
- Retirement (2)
- Ritual (2)
- Social Media Addiction (2)
- Soul Mission (2)
- Spiritual Healing (2)
- Spiritual Quest (2)
- Spirituality and Politics (2)
- Time Management (2)
- Weight Concerns (2)
- Western Astrology (2)
- Yoga (2)
- Abandonment (1)
- Altered States (1)
- Anger Management (1)
- Anorexia (1)
- Archetypes (1)
- Asking for Help (1)
- Attachment Theory (1)
- Awe (1)
- Biofeedback (1)
- Bulimia (1)
- Child’s ADD/ADHD (1)
- Child’s Autism (1)
- Child’s Challenging Behavior (1)
- Child’s Trauma (1)
- Christian Mysticism (1)
- Chronic Health Conditions (1)
- Comparing Belief Traditions (1)
- Death and Dying (1)
- Death or Loss of a Loved One (1)
- Domestic Abuse (1)
- Doubt (1)
- Ecospirituality (1)
- Ego Dissolution (1)
- Ego Transcendence (1)
- Emotional Labor (1)
- Endurance (1)
- Energy Healing (1)
- Facing Own Death (1)
- Fatherhood (1)
- Feminism (1)
- Following Bliss (1)
- Grace (1)
- Guilt (1)
- Handling a Child’s Illness (1)
- Handling a Loved One’s Illness (1)
- Healing Approaches (1)
- Highly Sensitive People (1)
- Holism (1)
- Household Labor (1)
- Illness and Injury (1)
- Infidelity (1)
- Inner Strengths (1)
- Integrity (1)
- Intuition (1)
- Islam (1)
- Jungian Analysis (1)
- Living with Illness (1)
- Loss of Partner/Spouse (1)
- Managing Energy (1)
- Mentoring (1)
- Military to Civilian Re-entry (1)
- Misophonia (1)
- Mysticism (1)
- Narcissism (1)
- Native American Beliefs (1)
- Near-Death Experience (1)
- Non-Duality (1)
- Nonviolence (1)
- Obsessions/Compulsions (1)
- OCD (1)
- Play (1)
- Pregnancy and Childbirth (1)
- Productivity (1)
- PTSD (1)
- Raising Daughters (1)
- Regret (1)
- Relationship with Time (1)
- Science and Spirituality (1)
- Self-Reliance (1)
- Sexual Health (1)
- Social Psychology (1)
- Somatic Practices (1)
- Spiritual Direction (1)
- Subconscious (1)
- Suicide (1)
- Synchronicity (1)
- Talk Therapy (1)
- The Feldenkrais Method (1)
- The Unconscious (1)
- Transpersonal Psychology (1)
- Trauma-Informed Therapy (1)
- Unfulfilled Career (1)
- Wake-Up Calls (1)
- Women’s Rights (1)
- Work Ethic (1)
- Youth Activism (1)
- Zen Buddhism (1)
FILTER
TEACHER
- Martin Luther King Jr. (4)
- Parker J. Palmer (4)
- Rick Hanson (4)
- Tara Brach (4)
- Brené Brown (3)
- don Miguel Ruiz (3)
- John Perry (3)
- Kathlyn Hendricks (3)
- Lori Gottlieb (3)
- Pema Chödrön (3)
- Shakti Gawain (3)
- Sharon Kleinbaum (3)
- Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (3)
- Adam Grant (2)
- Andrew Solomon (2)
- Andrew Weil (2)
- Anne Lamott (2)
- Debbie Ford (2)
- don Jose Ruiz (2)
- Elizabeth Lesser (2)
- Gary Chapman (2)
- HeatherAsh Amara (2)
- Jack Kornfield (2)
- James Martin (2)
- Jeff Foster (2)
- john a. powell (2)
- John C. Parkin (2)
- John Gottman (2)
- Ken Wilber (2)
- La Sarmiento (2)
- Lama Rod Owens (2)
- Larry Yang (2)
- Mark Manson (2)
- Mark Nepo (2)
- Martin Seligman (2)
- Melanie Joy (2)
- Panache Desai (2)
- Richard Davidson (2)
- Rosie Molinary (2)
- Roxane Gay (2)
- Shefali Tsabary (2)
- Sheila Rubin (2)
- Stan Tatkin (2)
- Thich Nhat Hanh (2)
- Thomas Moore (2)
- Zainab Salbi (2)
- Alan Watts (1)
- Alok Vaid-Menon (1)
- Amma (1)
- Amy Morin (1)
- Andrew Harvey (1)
- Andy Puddicombe (1)
- angel Kyodo williams (1)
- Arianna Huffington (1)
- Audre Lorde (1)
- Bruce Lipton (1)
- Caroline Myss (1)
- Chan Khong (1)
- Christiane Northrup (1)
- Colin Bedell (1)
- Connie Zweig (1)
- Daniel Amen (1)
- Daniel Goleman (1)
- Daniel J. Siegel (1)
- Deepak Chopra (1)
- Dorothy Day (1)
- Dorothy Firman (1)
- Edward Hallowell (1)
- Elaine Aron (1)
- Elizabeth Gilbert (1)
- Ellen Bass (1)
- Esther Perel (1)
- Ethan Nichtern (1)
- Gabor Maté (1)
- Gary Zukav (1)
- Geneen Roth (1)
- Gloria Steinem (1)
- Harnaam Kaur (1)
- Harville Hendrix (1)
- Helen LaKelly Hunt (1)
- James Baraz (1)
- James Hillman (1)
- Jennifer Peepas (1)
- Joan Borysenko (1)
- John Welwood (1)
- Jonathan Van Ness (1)
- Joseph M. Marshall III (1)
- Judith Blackstone (1)
- Julie Schwartz Gottman (1)
- Karen Casey (1)
- Kate Johnson (1)
- Kathryn Budig (1)
- Kathy Freston (1)
- Lama Surya Das (1)
- Light Watkins (1)
- Linda Graham (1)
- Lindo Bacon (1)
- Lodro Rinzler (1)
- Marie Forleo (1)
- Mark Wolynn (1)
- Marshall Rosenberg (1)
- Megan Rapinoe (1)
- Moshé Feldenkrais (1)
- Nicole LePera (1)
- Noah Levine (1)
- Norman Fischer (1)
- Oprah Winfrey (1)
- Oriah Mountain Dreamer (1)
- Philip Goldberg (1)
- Piero Ferrucci (1)
- Ram Dass (1)
- Ramani Durvasula (1)
- René Rivera (1)
- Rich Roll (1)
- Richard Bach (1)
- Ruby Wax (1)
- Rudolph Ballentine (1)
- Saeed Jones (1)
- Sally Kempton (1)
- Scott Kriens (1)
- Shelly Tygielski (1)
- Socrates (1)
- Stephen Covey (1)
- Stephen Levine (1)
- Steven Kotler (1)
- Tara Mohr (1)
- Terri Cole (1)
- Terry Real (1)
- The Dalai Lama (1)
- Tonya Rapley-Flash (1)
