recovery

Dylan O'Sullivan • Tweet

The three elements I've found most helpful in changing harmful habits and patterned behavior (addictions):

First, pause and notice that you're feeling something uncomfortable (most don't realize this) and that you're hoping this pattern will make it go away. Get curious about what that feeling actually is. Be with it.

Remind yourself of the

It’s common for addicts to realize that it’s addiction all the way down. While some of us have had more “extreme” addictions, all of us have been captured by a recurring false possibility that a certain solution will ease our pain, only to make our problems and pain worse.

It’s baffling how susceptible we are to this progressive,... See more

Dan Hunt on Substack

Jake • Tweet

"The words you speak become the house you live in"

The fear of making mistakes is a particularly strong dampener on one’s learning. You can’t learn if you can’t make mistakes. I like the idea that mastery is simply a very intimate understanding of all the possible mistakes one could make.

Visakan Veerasamy • on scaffolding

newsflash buddy “motivation” is actually a metric for the strength of the narratives/personal myths you tell yourself

sof 𓋹 • Tweet

life is heavy enough without you adding your own self-seriousness to it, you've got to learn to take yourself lightly, life falls into place after that

Dylano on Substack

“True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own.”