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  • Releasing the idea that I can’t bring my best self when external situations are “less than ideal” or sometimes just complete 💩. How do I balance this strength while holding the space and softness to allow myself feel what comes up? What is a healthy way to process these feelings without holding onto them too tightly? I don’t want to put on a fake smile when I feel like crying or screaming - that would simply be a mask. In these situations, what is my best self? Is it the one who is self- compassionate? The one who will re-parent when things get tough? Is it allowing and then letting go? To be determined...
  • Even with doing a lot of the work - meditation, curiosity, self-awareness, therapy- I still get caught in the fear web. When things are going so well, I fear that something might change for the worse. And I cling onto this fear, diagramming in my mind the way things could potentially go wrong (even if the likelihood is slim). Waiting for the other shoe to metaphorically drop. Today, I got curious about this. I realized this pattern comes from another underlying belief that “I don’t deserve good things like this/ it can’t get better/ I could lose this at anytime because it isn’t my birthright to have things going for me.” Ironically, its usually when things go surprisingly well, that I get anxious and controlling for fear that the good might turn sour. From this, I reflected and saw that when things had not gone as I wanted in the past, I would relinquish control, do my best, and put all my trust in God/ the Universe. The temporary ”bad” situation then had ignited my faith and I believed that things would get better or work out somehow. Now, if I could lean into this faith in good times as well, trust that things can get better from here (that the happiness ceiling is imaginary), and that it’s my birthright to live joyously - I would truly shine light on an old fear. 🌒✨#meditation #zen #yogainspiration #insight #weeknightinsights
  • Perfection and guilt. To me those often go hand in hand. I hold myself to my own standard of “goodness,” and when I fall short of that, I internally berate myself for acting “badly.” This induces my internal movie reel that I don’t deserve all the good in my life because I am not enough - guilt. I put my value based on my output and actions, and forget to value myself intrinsically. I’m not perfect, I’m not always good, but with an effort to be kinder to myself, I’ve been able to step back and observe the cycle of perfection/ guilt. The observation has allowed me the gift of pause, and this pause becomes longer each time. It now gives me the space to reflect and choose a different action or pattern that gets me out of the cycle. #meditation #zen #insight #perfection #guilt #weeknightinsights
  • Growing up being raised with a competitive mindset, I constantly compared myself to others. Putting either myself or others down in doing so. Jealousy often ran silently (sometimes not so silently) in the background. Recently, I’ve made a conscious effort to shift that mindset and celebrate the happiness and wins of others - it’s not only lifted them up, but myself as well. The shift is that there’s more than enough good, love, and success to go around. Right now it’s a conscious belief that I have to often remind myself of, in order to break my older habits, but hopefully with time and effort “putting in the work,” it will be the default belief I fall back on. #meditation #zen #insight #competition #jealous #weeknightinsights

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