Wednesday, 8 April 6.30pm – 7.30pm AEDT
Feel not enough? Discover how to stop fixing yourself and experience genuine self-acceptance and inner OK-ness.
Radical Self-Acceptance: From “Not Enough” to Deep Inner OK-ness
Have you ever felt like something about you isn’t quite right?
Like you’re falling short, not enough, or somehow behind everyone else who seems to have it together.
Many of us live with a quiet sense that we need to improve, fix, or become someone else in order to feel okay. But this creates a subtle loop. The more we try to fix ourselves, the more we reinforce the belief that we are broken.
This workshop offers a different approach.
Instead of trying to change who you are, you’ll learn how to relate to yourself in a completely new way. One grounded in awareness, compassion, and a direct experience of being fundamentally OK.
What You’ll Experience
In this workshop, you’ll be guided to:
- Recognise the patterns that create feelings of shame, inadequacy, and self-doubt
- Understand the “shame cycle” and how it keeps us stuck
- Shift into the “awareness cycle”, where change happens naturally
- Explore the idea that we are made up of many parts, not a single fixed identity
- Learn how to relate to all parts of yourself with curiosity rather than judgement
- Experience moments of genuine self-acceptance, not as an idea, but as something real and felt
What You’ll Learn
By the end of the session, you will have practical tools to:
- Move out of self-criticism and into self-understanding
- Respond to difficult emotions without trying to suppress or fix them
- Access a more grounded, calm, and connected state within yourself
- Build a more supportive and trusting relationship with your own mind
- Become your own ally, rather than your own critic
Who This Is For
This workshop is especially relevant if you:
- Often feel self-critical or not good enough
- Find yourself stuck in cycles of overthinking or self-doubt
- Feel like you’re constantly trying to improve or fix yourself
- Want a more grounded, compassionate way to relate to your inner world
Facilitated by Karl Baker
Karl has been practising meditation for over 22 years. Karl established Mindfulness Works, the largest mindfulness meditation training organisation in Australia and New Zealand. He designed and delivered a beginners mindfulness meditation course which over 40,000 people have participated in.
He runs public courses, workplace training and silent mindfulness meditation retreats.
Karl’s approach to mindfulness is centred around his own exploration of what it means to be radically self-accepting. He is a compassionate, authentic, and heartfelt teacher who values the precious opportunity to be authentic and vulnerable in a supportive environment.
“I loved Karl’s teaching. He was enough to keep things moving along in a light hearted way without overpowering individual needs within the group” — Susan Parminter
“Karl has a gentle and reassuring message that we are all okay, exactly as we are, in this moment, no matter what is going on in life. Not only is radical acceptance explained, Karl has a way of personal sharing that suggests that ‘not good enough’ and comparison are untruths we tell ourselves.”— Michelle Ryan
“Karl was brilliant, so easy to listen to, open, welcoming, kind, passionate, considerate, validating and informative.” — Erin Harvey
“I found Karl to be great at facilitating. He is a genuine, kind and humble person. He is also very passionate and his passion to help people comes through.” — Ankur Sarawal
“Karl is an amazing, expert yet accessible teacher whose job description is human. His enthusiasm is contagious.” — Chris Egan
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What To Expect With a Mindfulness Plus Session
100% non-judgmental environment — no pressure, no expectation, no agenda
Experience an environment where you can just be as you are. No pressure to talk and no pressure to be any particular way. If you do talk, experience being actually listened to, without being judged or ‘fixed’.
Connection, compassion and community
Small groups of like-minded and like-hearted people all together in the session. Seek out your favourite teacher and enjoy the genuine support that comes from having a live teacher and practising with a group.
Modern approach. Ancient wisdom
Sessions incorporate the latest neuroscience which are presented in a totally non-religious way but also call upon 2,000 years of insight and wisdom that has been developed by meditation practitioners.
Your authority. Your journey
Mindfulness Plus sessions always emphasise your own authority and your freedom to develop your own practices that work for you.
Reaffirming you are completely OK
All teachers re-affirm your own OKness and encourage you to discover and affirm this in yourself as well.