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You're not asking for favors, you're sharing what you love the most.
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Most of your anger starts with self-hatred and shame.
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Your emotional sensitivity has you projecting the past onto the future and staying safe behind intellectual walls. Daring to feel more will set you…
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Letting go of impossible goals can feel truly euphoric.
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Pick your favorite thing, work on it every day, and prepare to be humbled by it. Once you make this your daily habit, you're a success.
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In order to stop erasing yourself for the sake of romantic love, you have to reject our culture's reigning ideas about what you need to 'fix' about…
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Your obsession is fueled by the conviction that in order to be loved, you have to transform yourself into someone better.
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