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Last Feb I casually posted this neck stretch on Instagram (that I thought everyone knew 🤷♀️) and it blew up in a way I couldn’t imagine. It’s now been viewed over 8 million times 🫣😬🤣 and has brought so many wonderful people into my world.
So give it a go, it’s a pretty lovely stretch. (Though it’s not actually magic, it’s just an up…
Well, we hadn’t planned it this way!
But this post about Elon turned out to be highly timely, given last night’s results in Wisconsin and today's news that Trump may kick him out of the inner circle.
Emotion regulation is not about controlling what you feel. It's about choosing how you respond.
Wise people don't suppress emotion. They find constructive ways to express it.
Intense feelings don't always demand immediate reactions. They often benefit from deep reflection.
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I had a feeling you needed this peaceful beauty in your life today. I know I did…
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I wrote about the increasingly pervasive feeling that PEOPLE ARE BAD AT THEIR JOBS — and the source of most of that badness.
“People are bad at their jobs is a sibling, of course, to no one wants to work anymore: the refrain of peak pandemic years. But both are deflections from what actually makes people “bad” at their jobs — or disincentivizes people to work. The truth is: the jobs are bad.”
Put on your headphones, begin playing fur Alina or Spiegel im Spiegel, close your eyes and focus on the cello / violin; let the piano drift into the background; float with the strings and lose yourself in the silent pauses. Thanks very much Flow State.