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We humans are really bad at changing our minds:

  • We jump to quick conclusions

  • We ignore facts in favor of emotions

  • We latch on to certain ideas as a part of our identity, lashing out when they are challenge...

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Many of us grew up learning one of two responses to our feelings:

1. You learned to hide or suppress your difficult emotions, forcing yourself to feel (or appear to feel) positive, optimistic and happy.

2. Or, you learned to intellectualize your feelings, using your br...

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I know you have a dream. I know that this dream is very important to you—and that it terrifies you.

Dreams promise so much joy and expansion; at the same time, they activate our deepest fears, like "What if I fail?" and "What will people think of me?" They create a push and a...

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Old Happy: I have to hold tightly to make sure it's okay. ​
New Happy: I can let go and trust that it will be okay.

You want that person to change. You want the past to have gone differently. You want the future to go you...

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Most of the time, we go through our lives with a zoomed-in lens, one that focuses our attention on the present moment. Our life shrinks down to this year, this month, this season.

That's what makes good times so good and hard times so hard. They can be all-...

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