“Are you calling me a coward?” – was a phrase told to me in a story recently that I had to raise my eyebrows for — for various reasons.
It did make me reflect on two things. One, on the value of defining what courage is for us. Two, how we have to check ourselves when something we hear provokes a strong reaction.
This is what I talk about in my episode!
In it, I invite you to reflect on what courage is for you, to see if you’re taking conscious steps towards being the person you’d like to be (while being a full and worthy individual right now, of course). Then, I invite you to be observant and notice the signals for self-compassionate exploration and learning (a hint: they usually lie in something uncomfortable, oh no!).
As Brené Brown would say, choose courage over comfort, right?
We usually admire people who we consider brave, right? But why?
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What is it about them – or us 💜 – that we say “This is a quality I consider important”? And how can we have more of it in our lives?
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