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Believing you’ve put in too much to leave and that to ‘give up’ would be a ‘waste’

Believing you’ve put in too much to leave and that to ‘give up’ would be a ‘waste’ is a trap. You stay in a situation long past its sell-by date, blocking you from accepting, grieving and growing. The thing is, your efforts and experience...

The Tension Relief of Procrastination

by NATALIE | Patterns & Habits

There’s this common misconception that we humans put things off, delay, become overwhelmed or are indecisive because we are lazy. Social conditioning taught us that everything is a matter of whether we are “enough”–worthy enough, trying hard enough, good...

Why Am I Experiencing Resistance About the Thing I Say I Want or Need?

by NATALIE | Patterns & Habits

Sometimes, we go to do something that we thought we needed or wanted, and then resistance shows up in the form of confusing inertia, paralysis, anxiety, procrastination, discomfort, struggle and the like. We then appear to be going in the opposite direction or frozen...