We are constantly told that the more we want to accomplish our goals the more likely it is that we will. In fact, when I was growing up, one of my mother’s several phrases she would regularly say was, “Where there is a will there is a way.” As a result I came to believe …
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Many years ago, before I knew how to let go, I thought positive thinking involved trying to control my thoughts. One technique that I used to try control my thoughts was to have a response to a negative thought that would inevitably pop up like, “ Delete that thought.”, or “Cancel that thought, that reality …
Many of us are afraid to feel our feelings. This is more common that we think. The reason we are afraid to feel our feelings is not because we are cowardly, or somehow inadequate but because feelings are sensations in the body. Sometimes the sensations in the body can feel uncomfortable and so we either …
Releasing is an internal process. Letting go inside doesn’t mean that we stop thinking and asking questions completely. When we are in the world interacting with others or at work or have a problem we can still use our mind to think and ask questions. However when we let go of wanting to figure things …
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When a feeling is very uncomfortable, we often want to get rid of it. We either try to suppress it or we try to distract ourselves from it. We want to avoid it anyway we can. Wanting to get rid of discomfort makes sense to the rational mind. And welcoming seems completely counter-intuitive. In The …
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