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Tag Archives: Fear
Healing Deep Trauma
I still have a lot of pain from being mocked, shamed, guilted, yelled at, hit, intimidated, and otherwise punished, hurt, and traumatized when I felt afraid and asked for help early in life. Even now, that often leads to me … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged best friend, communication, confrontation, dog, emotional intelligence, emotions, Fear, friend, friendship, guilt, healing, Healing Deep Trauma, kindness, love, negativity, pain, Sawyer, shame, trauma
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What Would You Actually Do?
What would you do if you had lived during a past atrocity? It’s easy to imagine what you would have done in that situation but how accurate can you be in your assessment? After all, values change greatly over time … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things, Inspirational People
Tagged Daniel Kahneman, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, familiarity, Fear, groups, manipulation, propaganda, truth, values, What Would You Actually Do?
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More of My Thoughts on Control
So many people seem to be concerned about things that are ultimately beyond their control. Systems, institutions, practices, traditions, and even entire, cities, states, and countries. Not to mention the mundane actions of other people whom they may not even … Continue reading
Posted in Getting Along with Each Other, Humanitarian Things, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged concern, control, Fear, freedom, guilt, influence, More of My Thoughts on Control, peace, Stephen Covey
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My Ongoing Experiment
I first thought of and completed my letting go experiment a little over a month ago. There are a number of things I’d like to say about how it’s impacted my life since then. Before that, I’ll describe it in … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged anger, emotions, Fear, grief, guilt, healing, Letting Go, My Ongoing Experiment, negativity, peace, positivity, sadness, shame
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Removing My Restrictor Plates
In some NASCAR races, the cars are fitted with restrictor plates to reduce the amount of air coming into the engines. This, in turn, reduces the power of the cars, limits how quickly they can accelerate, and prevents them from … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Great Books, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged confidence, Fear, floating, gratitude, inner work, Letting Go, meditation, NASCAR, peace, power, restrictor plates, speaking, Wim Hof, Wim Hof breathing
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Warnings or Tests?
How do you tell if an obstacle you encounter is a warning to go no further or a test to see if you really want what’s on the other side? This question has been in the back of my head … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Inspirational People
Tagged challenges, darkness, Fear, growth, light, mindfulness buddy, obstacles, opposites, road trip, tests, travel, warning signs, warnings, Warnings or Tests?
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Resistance and Surrender
Letting go of resistance is key to living my best life. It’s natural for me to react defensively to anything that I dislike and wish that it ends as soon as possible. However, in most cases, that does nothing to … Continue reading
Posted in Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement
Tagged action, emotions, Fear, feelings, peace, resistance, Resistance and Surrender, Surrender
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Classic City Swing 8
Classic City Swing 8 was the last weekend in September in Athens, Georgia, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. So far, this is the only swing dance workshop I’ve attended more than once. Just like last year, I also visited some … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Communication, Getting Along with Each Other, Inspirational People, Life Hacks, Personal Freedom, Self-Improvement, Swing Dancing
Tagged adventures, Athens, Atlanta, Ben & Jerrys, Classic City Swing 8, David Goggins, Elze Visnevskyte, Fear, floating, freedom, friends, friendship, Jenna Applegarth, Joe Rogan, Jon Tigert, Killer Burgers, Mellow Mushroom, Mikey Pedroza, Nikki Marvin, pain, Panda Express, peace, Peter Kertz, road trip, swing dancing, unicycling, University of Georgia
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