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A 10-Minute Journey to Inner Peace: Find Calm and Strength · Motivation Mindset Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Imagine you are a beautiful, sprawling tree. You have a big,
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  Speaker 1: strong trunk, roots that stretch deep into the earth, and
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  Speaker 1: branches that reach toward the sky. One day you notice
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  Speaker 1: something isn't quite right. Your leaves are brittle and full
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  Speaker 1: of little holes, and your branches are drooping with heaviness.
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  Speaker 1: Upon inspection, you can't find any obvious reason for this
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  Speaker 1: change in your state of being. You start to panic
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  Speaker 1: immediately and take better care of your leaves and branches.
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  Speaker 1: You spray them and medicate them in more, but nothing changes.
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  Speaker 1: The leaves you are working with are merely the visual
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  Speaker 1: result of whatever the problem is with your tree. The
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  Speaker 1: soil of this tree represents your foundation. The soil is
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  Speaker 1: where it all comes from. It's who you really are
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  Speaker 1: at the core. It's the sum of all all the
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  Speaker 1: things that have influenced you. All the rocks and rubbish
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  Speaker 1: that have gotten mixed right in with you, will affect
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  Speaker 1: every part of the tree. Everything in that soil becomes
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  Speaker 1: part of your being. The roots of your tree represent
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  Speaker 1: the energy system and pathways. If your soil is full
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  Speaker 1: of imbalances, just as a tree's soil could be full
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  Speaker 1: of environmental stresses, those roots will become imbalanced from your
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  Speaker 1: soil too, and affect your entire beautiful tree. It may
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  Speaker 1: take some time for its effect to reach your leaves
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  Speaker 1: and branches, maybe even years, but eventually it will. The
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  Speaker 1: leaves of your tree represent your organs, glands, muscles, body systems, chemicals,
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  Speaker 1: and hormones. By the time you find those little holes
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  Speaker 1: in your brittle leaves, you will not be able to
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  Speaker 1: bring the tree back to health by treating the leaves directly.
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  Speaker 1: You can't just spray the problem away. True healing will
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  Speaker 1: not come from caring for your leaves in retrospect. It
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  Speaker 1: comes from going deep into your soil and correcting the
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  Speaker 1: base from which the tree grows. You have to come
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  Speaker 1: back to who you really are by clearing away those
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  Speaker 1: old energies that are contaminating your base. You just have
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  Speaker 1: to clean up that soil. You must become who you
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  Speaker 1: really are. You must be the real you. That means
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  Speaker 1: to love, accept and be yourself no matter what. You
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  Speaker 1: can't contract your energy for others, or for fear, or
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  Speaker 1: for anything else. No light dimming or living small allowed.
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  Speaker 1: This journey of healing is to be yourself. In fact,
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  Speaker 1: true healing is not measured by reaching a place where
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  Speaker 1: you are free of negative emotions or have even attained
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  Speaker 1: a physical healing. I truly believe that straying from and
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  Speaker 1: separating from nor inner being or who you really are
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  Speaker 1: is the root of discontent in the mind and body.
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  Speaker 1: You are not broken and do not need fixing. You
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  Speaker 1: are not wrong and do not need writing. You are
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  Speaker 1: not in need of self help. You are in need
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  Speaker 1: of self love. The only thing you need to do
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  Speaker 1: is find yourself and stay there. There are many ways
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  Speaker 1: in which we diminish our true selves. It is easy
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  Speaker 1: for me to say be the true you or become
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  Speaker 1: who you really are, but it can be difficult to
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  Speaker 1: recognize how we are not doing or being that. As
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  Speaker 1: we grow into adults, we can drift so far from
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  Speaker 1: our true nature that we lose our reference point for
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  Speaker 1: who that person inside really is. In an effort to
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  Speaker 1: conceptualize this idea for you, I am offering you my
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  Speaker 1: own very personal list as an example. These are the
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  Speaker 1: things that I now see caused me to suppress my truest,
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  Speaker 1: deepest light and subsequently contributed to illness. I suggest you
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  Speaker 1: make a similar list of all the ways you think
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  Speaker 1: you are doing the same. You might be as scared
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  Speaker 1: making your list as I am sharing mine, but we
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  Speaker 1: are all born brave fear. It was referred to as
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  Speaker 1: anxiety throughout life, yet it was an underlying fear in
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  Speaker 1: the core of my being. Some of the common fears
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  Speaker 1: that I experience include the fear of expressing emotions, the
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  Speaker 1: fear of failure in any endeavor, the fear of upsetting others,
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  Speaker 1: the fear of self trust, the fear of losing my parents,
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  Speaker 1: the fear of accidents or injury, the fear of sport
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  Speaker 1: related injuries, the fear of making mistakes, the fear of
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  Speaker 1: travel in confined spaces, the fear of crowds, the fear
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  Speaker 1: of germs, the fear of losing control, the fear of
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  Speaker 1: financial instability, and the fear of disapproval from others. Living
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  Speaker 1: dominated by fears not the intended way of life. Relationships,
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  Speaker 1: I found myself entangled in relationships that I knew were
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  Speaker 1: not suitable for me. These relationships led to situations where
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  Speaker 1: I hesitated to express myself, constantly worried about upsetting my partner,
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  Speaker 1: felt inadequate or uninteresting, and assumed responsibility for resolving my
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  Speaker 1: partners in securities. What's even more damaging is that I
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  Speaker 1: was not honest with myself about these relationships. I convinced
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  Speaker 1: myself against what my intuition was telling me, which was
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  Speaker 1: that these relationships were detrimental to my well being. Forcing
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  Speaker 1: ourselves into situations that don't align with our inner truth
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  Speaker 1: causes inner conflict and is harmful to our overall being.
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  Speaker 1: This self editing and filtering hindered me from being my
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  Speaker 1: authentic self, challenging myself. While in some aspects of life,
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  Speaker 1: I took on excessive responsibility, in others, I shied away
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  Speaker 1: from challenges. Since I never enjoyed school and had low
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  Speaker 1: self esteem regarding academics, I refrained from pursuing education that
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  Speaker 1: could have led me to a more fulfilling path. I
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  Speaker 1: allowed fear to limit my life choices, such as avoiding
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  Speaker 1: the pursuit of a four year college education due to
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  Speaker 1: the anxiety associated with the required testing. This self doubt
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  Speaker 1: restricted my life's possibilities. I want to emphasize that success
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  Speaker 1: doesn't necessarily require a college degree, and I personally don't
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  Speaker 1: possess one, which I am content with. However, I firmly
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  Speaker 1: believe in calling ourselves to greatness, holding ourselves accountable for
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  Speaker 1: pursuing challenging endeavors, and not shying away from opportunities that
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  Speaker 1: may seem intimidating but can propel us forward. Self criticism.
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  Speaker 1: I was excessively self critical, to the point that if
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  Speaker 1: some one else had treated me the way I treated myself,
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  Speaker 1: it would have been considered abusive. I berated myself for
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  Speaker 1: every minor mistake or imperfection, and had unreasonably high expectations
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  Speaker 1: for myself. I struggled to let go and enjoy life
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  Speaker 1: without constantly monitoring my behavior. Embracing joy is inherent to
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  Speaker 1: our true nature, and suppressing it is counterintuitive to well being.
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  Speaker 1: Learning to be kinder to myself was not only beneficial
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  Speaker 1: but essential self sacrifice. I had a strong aversion to
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  Speaker 1: potentially hurting others feelings, even unintentionally. This fear of causing
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  Speaker 1: harm at any cost took a toll on me emotionally
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  Speaker 1: and physically. I found myself doing things I didn't want
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  Speaker 1: to do, consistently placing myself at the bottom of my priorities,
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  Speaker 1: always saying yes to others and no to myself, enduring
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  Speaker 1: suffering to spare others, and being overly understanding towards those
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  Speaker 1: who mistreated me. Self sacrifice manifests in various forms and
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  Speaker 1: is invariably detrimental. I hope this list gives you some
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  Speaker 1: solid examples of how we block our true selves from
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  Speaker 1: coming forth. When I share it with clients, they often
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  Speaker 1: say things like, Wow, I can't imagine you could be
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  Speaker 1: that screwed up. I laugh because I know there must
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  Speaker 1: be things missing from that list, But I am most
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  Speaker 1: definitely proof that one can come out of all of
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  Speaker 1: this on the other side happier and healthy. The most
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  Speaker 1: important thing is to move through it all and find
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  Speaker 1: a way to be unapologetically you. The more you can
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  Speaker 1: do that, the better your life will feel. It's called
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  Speaker 1: being in alignment with who you are, not with every
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  Speaker 1: one else, and it's more amazing than you can imagine.
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  Speaker 1: Your energy will flow, your body will be in full
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  Speaker 1: healing mode, and you'll be on your way to miracles.
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  Speaker 1: As a bonus, life will also be super fun and
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  Speaker 1: a million times easier than it is now. The biggest
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  Speaker 1: work of our lives is releasing anything that does not
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  Speaker 1: fit within that paradigm. It doesn't always happen overnight, but
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  Speaker 1: as long as you are willing to be here now
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  Speaker 1: over and over again. I can say with complete honesty
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  Speaker 1: that this work is for you. This journey of true
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  Speaker 1: and lasting healing is not one that cuts you off
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  Speaker 1: from the world and reality. It's one that integrates the
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  Speaker 1: best parts of you right into it all. The big question,
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  Speaker 1: as Joseph Campbell says in the Power of Myth, is
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  Speaker 1: whether you are going to be able to say a
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  Speaker 1: hearty yes to your adventure. Now? Are you ready to
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  Speaker 1: drop your bag of shit to take the coolest trip
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  Speaker 1: of your life?