The criticism is relentless. What’s wrong with you? You failed again. I don’t know why you even try. You just aren’t good enough. You’d like to tune it out. Shut it down. Finally leave the naysayers behind. Except it’s more complicated than that, because the negative voices are coming from inside your own head. What …
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There’s a disconnect. Between you and other people. Between you and yourself. Between you and life. An emptiness so acute its painful. You want to live fully. You want to embrace beauty and joy and love and goodness. Except you don’t. Because when it comes down to it, you pull back. You see opportunities, but …
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It’s scary sometimes. This vision you have for the future. You know that you want something different, but its hard not to look over your shoulder. The past looms large behind you. And in the quiet moments, your doubts loom large too. You’ve heard lots of advice about how to move forward. Most of it …
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It shouldn’t be such a big deal. You are good at getting some things done. You know this. You may even remind yourself of it at times—especially when you come face to face with the other thing. You know the one I’m talking about. The one that makes your stomach tighten and your heart put …
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It haunts you. The fear is always there — following you, whispering to you in your quiet moments. When you dress in the morning, you look in the mirror and wonder: Is it enough? Am I enough? And even if tell yourself yes, the fear inside you answers no. When you talk with people you wonder: What …
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Stuck. You’re mired in the same old self-defeating patterns that have held you back for years. You’ve tried to change. You’ve read books, listened to advice. New Year’s resolutions have come and gone. But nothing is really different. It’s overwhelming. Discouraging. But what if change doesn’t have to be so hard? What if you could …
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Your stomach twists. Your shoulders tighten. Relax, you tell yourself. But your heart rate increases along with the tension. You know you should manage your stress better. Stress increases your risk of a heart attack or stroke. Not to mention a nasty, slimy head cold. Relax. Your breathing gets fast and shallow. Your throat constricts. …
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The pain is too much. You’ve tried to push it away. Tried to deny it. Tried to wrestle it down in the mud and hold it still until it stops kicking. Nothing works. No matter how much you fight against what cannot be. Will not be. Must not be. The tougher you fight, the tougher the pain fights back. …
It’s there — looming behind you. The thing that you need to do. Have to do. Yet are not doing. The guilt nags at you. You are supposed to do the thing. You want to do the thing. You tell yourself you are absolutely going to do the thing. And yet you don’t. It doesn’t matter …
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The anxiety builds: Your heart races. Your stomach clenches. Your muscles contract. Your nervous system is out of control. Soon you will be in full-on fight-or-flight mode, and there is nothing you can do about it. Or is there? What if you could learn the same technique Navy Seals use to calm the autonomic nervous …
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