Episode 14: Lehi Duncan

Lehi Duncan is an embodiment of servant leadership. He's held a number of leadership for social change roles across the country from managing a youth development charity, to managing distributions of a government grant-making body, to philanthropic governance and now growing the city of Kirikiriroa Hamilton working in local council. Over the years, we've grown a friendship over mutual interests in spirituality, leadership, philosophy, philanthropy and youth development, and was the person who gifted the name of this podcast to me: Take Your Meds! 

This episode was juicy, and it felt like we covered so much terrain in such a short time. The episode really speaks into the themes of presence, insignificance, and reclaiming your body. What I love about Lehi is that he has an ability to craft potent and powerful messages in flow worthy of being printed on t-shirts. My top three quotes:

"Acceptance is not trying to change anything and being okay with it” 

"False humility looks like I’m not good enough. I don’t deserve to take up space. I don’t deserve to be present in my body. True humility is recognising your place and space.”

"My actions are insignificant unless I’m part of a movement."

We dive into:

• The power of insignificance 
• Reframing what medicine is
• Letting go of being in control
• Motorbikes as a tool for emotional regulation
• Tattoos as a mechanism to reclaim the body
• Overcoming dissociation 
• Authentic self-expression through the body 
• False humility vs true humility
• Acknowledging your own disfunction  
• How capitalism impacts the human experience 

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