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When Your Feelings Aren’t the Problem
Have you ever noticed how one thought can hijack your body so quickly that, before you know it, you’re not just having a feeling anymore, you’re living inside a whole story? I wrote a previous newsletter about Jill Bolte Taylor’s work and what happens when your brain just gets too loud. In that eNewsletter, I shared her explanation that an emotional reaction can move through the body in about 90 seconds, unless we keep reactivating it with thought. And that’s the part I keep coming back to. Because the first spark may be a thought, a memory, a perception, a sensation, or something your body picks up before you even…
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Sometimes you just gotta take a break…
This has been a hellish week, not sure what’s happening in the Universe, but grief and work are kicking my ass. I’m writing this short note to you because I didn’t want you to think I forgot about you this week. It’s about keeping my commitments from now on. I had this really good article for you, I wrote about “When you think feeling is the problem…” My therapist this week said I needed to listen to Ezra Klein’s podcast from last week, in which he interviewed Pema Chodron. I’ve been learning from her for over 30 years. I’ve read almost all of her books. And I did a book…
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When something goes wrong…
When something goes wrong… I read a story this week about an experience this gentleman had at the airport. He was waiting for his flight to Atlanta. And they were going to be boarding soon, the previous pilot and crew were disembarking, when the pilot detoured and went over to the check-in desk and grabbed the microphone. He apologized to everyone in the gate area for their flight being delayed. And to not blame the flight attendants or airline staff. There was a malfunction that had to be fixed. (He did go on to explain it for a minute so they understood the severity of his decision.) The most important…
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Yoda, grief, and making a decision
Core Article: Yoda, grief, and making a decision Quote I’m Pondering: “May you listen to the voice within…” Powerful Affirmations to Inspire: “I am paid well for Yoda, grief, and making a decision I read something this week that made me do a complete double-take. You know… one of those “Waaitt WHHAttt?” moments. In a newsletter I received this week, the author was railing against one of my favorite quotes from Yoda in Star Wars: “Do or do not, there is no try.” They were saying that it’s a bunch of B.S. That nothing would ever be done if we didn’t try. Ummmm, yeahhhh, no, that’s not the point. This…
