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Are You Ready For This?

Have you ever postponed and delayed something?
Like that conversation that needs to happen?
or that email you need to send?
or putting your hand up to ask that question?
or starting that new project?
or learning a new skill?
or starting that new diet/exercise regime?
With so many things you convince yourself that now isn’t the right moment, not yet. Wait and see, first … right?

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Fear and your humanity

I don’t know anyone who isn’t afraid of anything. And if they say they aren’t, then well, they are either enlightened, or lying. There is a difference, of course, between being lost in fear, and feeling fear, “but doing it anyway.”

The fact is fear is a huge and unwelcome part of many people’s lives. Mine too.

Or it used to be.

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Being free from the inner voice of over-the-top criticism

That voice, the one that beats you down. The voice of criticism, doubt, out-and-out violence. The one that means you waste so much time revisiting and rehashing so much.
If you’re anything like me, if you could you would cut it out. Trouble is … you can’t. A big part of your mission here on earth is to come to terms with the voice.
The voice may never go away, but the great news is: It doesn’t need to.

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I don’t like being “mentally strong” but here’s a list, anyway

I’m not a big fan of the words “mentally strong.”
Mental strength or toughness can seem like brutishness, and pushing, and force, a lack of sensitivity, and other such things … or at least that’s what I tried to be when I thought of it. 
Instead, I’ve come to realise – to steal from the Chinese philosophers – you want to be like water.

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