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A peek at what's on the trail ahead — ideas worth sitting with, frameworks in progress, handles on the same door.
All emotions are helpful but some are here just to bring awareness. Once they have done their job, we can thank them and let them go on their merry way.
Surrender isn't about giving up. It's about acknowledging and facing reality. The quicker you do that, the more energy you will have to level up. Reality always wins the moment — accepting it allows you to win in life.
Many think meditation is about clearing your mind but it starts with focusing it. If you tell yourself not to think about the Pink Elephant you will inevitably think about the Pink Elephant. Try a Blue Giraffe instead.
Asking others to help raise your awareness can supercharge your growth. Learn how a Pink Pony Pause can help others help you.
Situations are what we make them. Learn more about seeing through a wider lens.
Life is full of challenges that we will encounter. But we can face them without suffering. Discover tools that can help us choose to face challenges with clarity and calm instead of suffering.
When we expect the world to be something it isn't, we are practicing attachment to a story that has us controlling the world. Whether it is the weather or another person, we need to see the universe is just universe-ing.
We might believe that we hold the key to our own happiness, but most people expect others to bear the responsibility. When we say "X made me so angry," we are giving others control over our happiness — we made copies of our keys and gave them away. It's time to start collecting them back.
Sometimes we carry a feeling we can't logic away. We understand the situation completely — and still, the ick remains. This Tanism explores what the analytical mind can't always access: the heart opening that dissolves in an instant what months of understanding could not.
Fear of Missing Out is one of the most common experiences of our time. But when we zoom out, we see the irony: FoMo causes us to miss the one experience that is actually available — the one we're having right now. The antidote to missing out is showing up.
When we spend our lives anticipating how others will react and then try to morph ourselves into an acceptable version for them, we live in a state of schizophrenia. By aligning with our true selves, an authentic life will come to us.
On processing, venting, and where your energy is best spent. Sometimes the most efficient listener costs nothing and asks nothing in return.
Instead of regret that leaves you wishing things in the past were different — REflect and GET a plan. A simple reframe that turns backward-looking rumination into forward-moving clarity.
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