Week #46 – Assurance
I paid attention to how my internal and external reality changed when I focused on feeling assured. First of all, I felt pulled to pay attention … Read more
Category: Self-identity
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Week #45 – Intention
I really enjoyed the experiment of setting 100+ intentions per day. I experimented with different ways of saying the intention, just to see if some ways landed better than others. … Read more
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Week #40 – Integrity
Keeping this value at the back of my mind simplifies things, for the most part, I found. How I should act in a particular scenario becomes clear because I don’t … Read more
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Week #33 – Resolve
It’s interesting how these weeks sometimes pan out. I’ve done this weekly value exploration long enough now to really allow myself to sink into a value from day #1. Of … Read more
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Week #31 and 32 – Wellness and Trust
Wellness
I was unwell during the week of wellness which was ironic. I had a particularly rough PMS followed by a particularly painful period which made a lot of my … Read more
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Week #15 and #16 – Openheartedness and Ease
I’m combining the updates for weeks #15 and #16.
Week #15 was about openheartedness. It was a really heart-centered week given the value in focus. What I particularly liked about … Read more
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Week #11: Fun
My birthday week was nothing less than a massive roller coaster. And roller coasters are fun, aren’t they? Well, however I interpret it, it’s undeniable that the week was memorable.… Read more
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Week #7: Engagement
The power of engagement is that it gives us a deeper, richer experience of life. With recent events highlighting the importance of this value in my life, I’m glad that … Read more
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Love for love’s own sake
I’ve been thinking about love a lot lately. I recently finished listening to Susan Piver’s The Wisdom of the Broken Heart and am currently listening to Sharon Salzberg’s Real Love… Read more
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Week #3: Vulnerability
It was a rough week and a lot happened. One thing I can say with certainty is that I practiced vulnerability like I never have before. I have a lot … Read more
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Recognizing and owning your views
Someone I was developing a deep bond with recently shared some extremely controversial views on the subjects of rape, incest, children engaging in sexual activities with adults, etc. I found … Read more
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The permission to obsess
Every time I’ve had a major breakthrough in my life or met with massive success was when I obsessed over something. Whenever I allow myself to go deep into something … Read more
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May review + June focus
May was an interesting month and I came away from it with a deeper understanding of myself. I was quite amazed to see how one could take a conscious approach … Read more
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Please don’t help me
… Read moreThere is a time to provide advice and offer an opinion, and there is a time not to. Don’t be too quick to offer unsolicited advice. It certainly will not
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Being more ‘you’
It’s my quest this year and decade to start being more ‘me’. To understand what it means to be me, I’ve been taking a raw look at my thoughts, beliefs, … Read more
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Psychometric tests I’ve used to know myself better (plus some vulnerability)
I like taking psychometric tests. Though many regard them as pseudoscience, I’ve personally found them interesting. What I appreciate about these tests is that they get me thinking deeply about … Read more
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Self-forgiveness
… Read more“If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends.”
– Charlotte Brontë
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Becoming a woman of duality
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”
– Nora EphronRecommended by a dear friend, I started watching Anne with an E on Netflix yesterday. It’s … Read more
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The permission to prioritize yourself
… Read morePeople say, “Oh you’re so selfish. You’re pleasing you.” And what they mean is “You should please me.” You’re selfish because you please you – and I’m not selfish because