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#74: “Before you go to heal someone, ask if they are willing to give up what made them sick”, Chinese proverb

Have you ever helped someone who isn’t ready to change? Here’s why that’s a challenge:

When we seek help, we often want relief from our symptoms rather than addressing the root cause.

Relief can come easily, like a painkiller or a binge-watch session on Netflix, but true healing requires a willingness to give up what made you sick… or rather; to let go of patterns and ideas holding you back from treating the real underlying issue.

It may sound like a quite brutal idea; that sometimes, what’s making us unwell isn’t just something that just happens to us… it’s something we’re also holding on…

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