“I just think about all the things that I felt growing up, and I do everything I possibly can to not inflict those feelings on another person.”Īnd finally, we dig deep into Wil’s book, Still Just a Geek, and the amazing healing that came through, not in writing in, but in narrating the audiobook! At one point, Wil decided to re-record parts of the book because he realized he wasn’t honoring who he was when he wrote it, and wanted to do it again through a more compassionate lens. Celebrated actor, personality, and all-around nerd Wil Wheaton updates his memoir of collected blog posts. We also talk about Wil’s drive to be the person he needs in the world, giving ourselves permission to be fallible and imperfect human beings, and the cycles of trauma we each have the capacity to break and dismantle.

“I had to confront and accept the reality that the people who are my parents are not good people.” He just wanted to be seen, and heard, something so universally needed on a human level that when it isn’t present it feels so paralyzing and awful. Wil opens up about his experience as a kid, and the trauma he experienced through a mother who seemed to only value him as an actor, and a father who had no capacity for love or care-and the deep grief and heartache he’s been through because of it all. Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir Audible Audiobook Unabridged Wil Wheaton (Author, Narrator), & 2 more 488 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 14.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. We start the show talking about how narrating Still Just a Geek as an audiobook was way more emotionally charged than Wil anticipated, how Still Just a Geek is a stunning reflection on self and a deeply compassionate journey into accepting and loving the past versions of ourselves, and how that inner child work has impacted Wil’s relationships with his kids and partner, Anne. On Episode 222 of You, Me, Empathy, Wil Wheaton and I explore how being a geek intersects with empathy, the childhood trauma Will faced in a mother that treated him as a commodity and a father who simply didn’t care, on being the person we need in the world, and Wil’s beautiful new book, Still Just a Geek, which is like the Inception of inner child work. Trigger warning: Childhood trauma is mentioned in this episode.

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