🧠Transform Your Mindset and Unlock Lasting Success: How Microdosing and The Work of Byron Katie Create Lasting Change
🎯Unlocking Self-Discovery and Transformation: A Conversation on Self-Inquiry and The Microdose Diet
Welcome to The Microdose Diet Podcast!
I'm Peggy Van De Plassche, your host, and I’m thrilled to bring you this transformative episode featuring the insightful Fatma Aktari. Fatma and I met at the Open:Minds Expo in Toronto last year, and we've since discovered a synergy between our approaches to mental and emotional wellness that is nothing short of life-changing.
Fatma is a seasoned facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie—a revolutionary process of self-inquiry designed to untangle the deeply ingrained thoughts and beliefs that hold us back. Today, she joins me to discuss how The Work can be integrated with The Microdose Diet to produce profound shifts in mental health, relationships, and overall life satisfaction.
🎙️ Podcast Episode Highlights: Why You Don’t Want to Miss This Conversation
In this episode, Fatma and I dive deep into the transformative power of The Work—a deceptively simple yet profound method of self-inquiry. We explore how questioning our beliefs and assumptions can pave the way for increased mental clarity, emotional freedom, and a sense of balance that is essential for personal and professional success.
If you've been feeling stuck, anxious, or overwhelmed, this conversation is for you. Whether you're new to self-development or have been on this journey for a while, you'll gain valuable insights into how to tackle deeply rooted thought patterns that keep you in a cycle of stress, doubt, and reactivity.
🌟 Here’s What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
The Basics of The Work: Fatma explains the origins of The Work by Byron Katie, a simple process that helps you identify and question the thoughts that cause stress, anxiety, and emotional turmoil.
Combining The Work with The Microdose Diet: Hear from Fatma about how she incorporated the 90-day Microdose Diet protocol into her own self-inquiry practice—and the incredible results she saw in her professional, personal, and spiritual life.
The Four Questions that Transform Your Mindset: We walk through the four core questions of The Work:
Is it true?
Can you absolutely know that it’s true?
How do you react—what happens—when you believe that thought?
Who would you be without that thought?
Real-Life Applications: Using relatable examples, Fatma and I demonstrate how The Work can be applied to everyday challenges, from workplace conflicts to family relationships, showing you how to break free from limiting beliefs and toxic thought patterns.
How Microdosing Enhances Self-Inquiry: We explore how microdosing supports emotional resilience, rewires neural pathways, and amplifies the self-awareness necessary for deep introspection.
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💬 The Big Takeaway: Self-Inquiry + Microdosing = Exponential Growth
Combining The Work with the Microdose Diet is a powerful approach to tackling the challenges we face in our day-to-day lives. Here’s why this combination is so impactful:
Accelerated Emotional Healing: Microdosing helps calm the nervous system, making it easier to confront and release emotional baggage.
Enhanced Mental Clarity: The process of self-inquiry allows us to see past conditioning and habitual thought patterns. When coupled with microdosing, this clarity is deepened, enabling faster and more lasting change.
Better Relationships: As Fatma shared, she was able to have difficult conversations with her husband and set healthy boundaries at work—transforming both her professional and personal life.
Reduced Anxiety and Stress: Microdosing naturally reduces cortisol levels, and The Work helps neutralize the beliefs that trigger anxiety and stress responses.
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🚀 Action Steps: How to Get Started with Self-Inquiry and Microdosing
Identify a Thought That’s Holding You Back: Choose one recurring thought that causes stress or anxiety. It could be something like, “My boss doesn’t support me,” or “I’m not good enough.”
Question That Thought: Apply the four questions of The Work to this belief. Get curious and see what comes up.
Try Microdosing to Support Emotional Clarity: Incorporate microdosing to help calm your nervous system, support emotional resilience, and enhance your ability to stay present during self-inquiry.
Commit to a 90-Day Protocol: If you’re serious about creating lasting change, consider following the Microdose Diet’s 90-day protocol. Combine it with The Work for targeted transformation in specific areas of your life.
🔗 Resources to Dive Deeper
Microdose Diet 90-Day Protocol: Learn more about how microdosing can support emotional well-being, cognitive function, and personal growth.
The Work of Byron Katie: Explore the foundational concepts of The Work at thework.com and find free resources to start your self-inquiry journey.
Book a Session with Fatma Aktari: Experience personalized guidance through The Work with Fatma. She offers one-on-one sessions to help you dig deeper and transform limiting beliefs. Theworkwithfatma@gmail.com
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🧘♀️ Practical Example: How The Work Helped Me Rewire My Thoughts
To give you a clear idea of how transformative The Work can be, Fatma guided me through a real-life situation where I was struggling with a difficult relationship. We uncovered a core belief that was coloring my perception of the other person, creating unnecessary tension and stress.
By the end of our session, I could see how that belief wasn’t entirely true—and how it had been impacting not just that relationship but many others. This clarity was a game-changer for me, opening up new ways of interacting that felt more authentic and less reactive.
🧩 Microdosing + Self-Inquiry: A Game-Changing Combination
The insights gained through The Work are powerful, but what makes them even more impactful is integrating these insights into everyday life. This is where microdosing comes in. By calming the nervous system and enhancing emotional resilience, microdosing supports the process of self-inquiry, making it easier to confront difficult emotions and rewire thought patterns.
If you’re ready to experience more balance, less stress, and a deeper sense of self-empowerment, I invite you to consider how this approach could work for you.
🙌 Closing Thoughts: Your Journey to More Peace, Clarity, and Success Starts Here
Thank you for joining me in this exploration of self-inquiry, microdosing, and transformation. This is not just about feeling better temporarily—it’s about changing the way you interact with your mind, your emotions, and the world around you.
If you’re ready to take your next step, check out the resources linked above, connect with Fatma for one-on-one guidance (Theworkwithfatma@gmail.com), or dive into the Microdose Diet protocol.
I believe in your ability to transform your life from the inside out, and I’m here to support you every step of the way.
To your success, health, and happiness,
Peggy
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I hope this newsletter inspires you to take action and explore these life-changing tools. Whether you’re starting with The Work, microdosing, or both, remember—change is a process, and every small step counts. Let me know how your journey unfolds!