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The Hidden Blessing of Exhaustion

I’ve felt more exhausted, both physically and emotionally, over the past few months than I have in a long time. During that time, I’ve also had more personal growth than anytime I can remember since last year. I’ll explain why … Continue reading

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Gentle Lessons

Every so often, I get opportunities to dig deep and work on things within myself without too much pain. I call these opportunities “gentle lessons”. Here are a few relatively recent examples. The first example concerns my dog, Sawyer. He … Continue reading

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Choose Your Role Models Wisely

Be careful when you look to someone for guidance on living your life. Lots of people think they know how life works and how you can live most effectively but plenty of them are struggling hard behind the scenes. Not … Continue reading

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Acting in Haste

Acting in haste can be hard to avoid, especially if it’s a habit that you’ve had for most of your life. Even though habits can be changed, doing so takes a lot of time, energy, and intention. It also involves … Continue reading

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Dealing with Impostor Syndrome

I recently mentioned having impostor syndrome and a friend asked me if I had any tips for managing it. Although I had never thought much about it before, I reflected on my experiences this year and came up with several … Continue reading

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Music and Emotional Healing

Lately, I’ve found music to be extremely helpful for bringing up emotions for me to work through. It can be difficult for me to get in touch with certain emotions or fully feel them when I’m overwhelmed. Emotionally moving songs … Continue reading

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Personal Growth and the Marvel Cinematic Universe

My life over the past few years has been like a combination of experiences from Doctor Strange, Thor, and the Hulk in the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) movies. I saw the Doctor Strange parallels several years ago. This was the … Continue reading

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Dwelling vs Surrender

If you’ve read any of my past posts on surrender, you might be wondering what the difference is between dwelling on an unwanted emotion and surrendering it. That’s a good question. Although they are superficially similar in that they both … Continue reading

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Letting Go and Gratitude

It’s been a little over a month now since I’ve been letting go consistently. I started doing it a little bit on my way back from my road trip. Even though I wasn’t using the full letting go technique, it … Continue reading

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The Value of “Begin With the End in Mind”

In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Habit 2 is Begin with the End in Mind. By this, Stephen Covey literally means the end of your life. He tells you to imagine your funeral and notice who is there … Continue reading

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