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236. Week 1: Self-Judgment and Unrealistic Expectations
In this episode, I’m sharing what I’ve already learned from trying to hold 13 different intentions at once, why I realized I was making the experiment way too complicated, and the simpler framework I’m using going forward.
In this episode:
Why the beginning of any change can feel exciting… until reality sets in
The emotional cycle of change and why “uninformed optimism” eventually wears off
What I noticed about my own perfectionism within days of starting the experiment
Why self-judgment isn’t the problem—the real question is how quickly you catch it
How meditation taught me to think about…
The skinny
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