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“You’ll never know who you are unless you shed who you pretend to be.”―Vironika Tugaleva
Whatever makes you glad to be alive - do that,whenever you can.
📅 Next Session:
- Online: Tuesday, May 19th, 7 PM ET
This Week's Focus: Meeting Yourself
Key Points:
· Acceptance – Embracing your emotions and thoughts as they are, without trying to change or suppress them.
· Awareness – Being consciously present to your internal experiences, including physical sensations, emotions, and thoughts.
· Non-Judgment – Observing your inner world without labeling feelings as “good” or “bad,” simply allowing them to be.
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“Once I began to realize that there were no rules and that my path didn’t have to look like everyone else’s, I relaxed and my whole world opened up.” – G. Brian Benson,
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What Does It Mean to Meet Yourself?
Meeting yourself isn’t about self-help jargon or achieving a perfect state of calm. It’s a quiet, ongoing practice of turning inward with honesty and compassion. At its core, meeting yourself means accepting and acknowledging your thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations—without judgment. Instead of trying to change or suppress what arises, you simply allow your inner world to flow naturally.
This practice rests on three key pillars. Acceptance means embracing emotions like anger or sadness as valid visitors, not enemies. Awareness is the conscious recognition of a racing heart, a anxious thought, or a flicker of joy. And non-judgment asks you to observe these experiences without labeling them “good” or “bad.”
How do you start? Simple, practical steps help. Try self-reflection by asking yourself honest questions about your day. Engage in mindfulness practices—even two minutes of breathing counts. Journaling can untangle messy feelings onto paper. And regular emotional check-ins—pausing to name what you feel—build the habit of presence.
The benefits are profound. Meeting yourself increases self-awareness, leading to clearer decisions. It builds emotional resilience, reducing anxiety by allowing feelings to move through you rather than getting stuck. Most importantly, it fuels personal growth—each honest look inward becomes a step toward understanding who you really are.
Meeting yourself is not a destination but a continuous journey. It doesn’t erase life’s difficulties, but it changes how you carry them. With practice, you navigate challenges with greater ease, not because you’ve conquered yourself, but because you’ve finally learned to sit beside yourself—just as you are.