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I notice this pattern constantly with my hypertrophied left hemisphere coaching clients: they're paralyzed needing to understand before they trust. But transformation happens when we trust without reason…understanding (may) arise later.
Daniel Thorsonx.comWe all have very good reasons not to trust ourselves. We’ve all betrayed ourselves badly, repeatedly, shamefully, and knowingly. Show me someone who hasn’t abandoned themselves, and I will show you a child. As we grow into adults, our world opens and we make mistakes. Ignoring your own needs and deserting yourself is a universal mistake.
Katherine Morgan Schafler • The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control
The more you thank God for the life you have, the more your life starts to look like the one you want.
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“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”
~ Martin Luther King Jr.
Embed future in today. Action bias in here and now. And weave time to unleash compounding. Small steady steps in right direction
Paradoxically, the people who trust themselves the most are usually the people who have betrayed themselves the most profoundly, but then made the decision to walk themselves home—inch by inch—to their authentic selves.
Katherine Morgan Schafler • The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control
Forgiveness performed from obligation does two things: it excuses the behavior of others, and it reduces our ability to be conscious and present with the pain we truly feel.
When we rush to forgiveness, we lose our connection to our original wounds.
When we rush to forgiveness, we lose our connection to our original wounds.
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Your sanity depends on you finding the comedy in the chaos