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B Brave and Body Week three Brave Definition Being willing to do difficult, dangerous or painful things or showing courage My Notes on Brave Man cannot discover new oceans until he has the courage to lose sight of the shore Andre Gide It's really difficult to be brave, but it's essential at times.
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Not all of the time, but sometimes yes.
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If your whole body says yes, it's a yes.
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Something I always say and refer back to over and over when in any shadow of doubt, would you rather regret doing the thing or not doing the thing?
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I know what I'd choose.
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How about you?
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When strength is felt it begins to show.
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Maybe not in the physical form, but in your actions, in your movements, in your decisions, in your words, in the words now not spoken, in where you spend and don't spend your time.
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You respond differently.
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Priorities change and you become one of them.
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You can experience challenging times and have the courage to face them.
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Freedom is possible at times too.
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You have access to the passport.
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Suffering without fear creates the passport to freedom.
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This quote attributed to Paolo Coelo, invites the brave part of me to welcome the suffering.
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This evokes something new in me every time, and I jot down with a little curiosity, an opening to possibility.
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At times more fear, and then I remember it's all part of it, as we have to be aware of the opposites after all.
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More often than not it's a new little discovery.
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This for me really says it all.
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The butterflies, the heaviness in the chest, the immense fear, but stronger is the pull to still try.
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Does fear need to be in charge this time?
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I think bravery would say no.
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Invitation for brave Can you lose sight of the shore even if just for a moment?
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Can you take a risk?
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Be brave.
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Feel the fear and do it anyway.
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Let bravery steer the ship.
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Week four body Definition The physical structure of a person or an animal Burnout Definition A state of severe physical, mental and emotional exhaustion caused by long term unmanaged stress, particularly related to work or demanding situations.
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My notes on body Breathe Burden Burnout Sink or Swim I burnt out writing this book.
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Ironically I did the same last time.
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Though I asked for time and support, I didn't get it, and the rest, as they say, is history.
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We are sent the same lessons over and over until we get it.
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I think I am getting it now.
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Poem Burnout I'm drifting and I'm dreaming, I'm moving with my breath.
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Aligned and full of love, it scares me half to death.
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This unfamiliar feeling that everything's okay.
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My heart is full, ideas alight, please don't go away.
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Slowly oh so slowly, the feeling drifts away.
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The safety and connection that kept my mind at bay.
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The pressure and the deadlines are filling up my head.
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Everybody's needs and wants lead to my own neglect.
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My heart feels heavy, my eyes are sore, I've lost the ability to cope.
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Beneath these heavy layers I know inside lies hope.
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The emptiness, exhaustion, the detachment felt from life, what I thought were good intentions has led me into strife.
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I fall into the ashes, pull back from what I know.
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I feel so lonely, disengaged, I don't know where to go.
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A flicker of the fire, the flame inside my heart, awareness strikes, I know it, I'm again falling apart.
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I have to move to safety, set some boundaries, seek support.
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It feels so overwhelming, but with awareness we are taught.
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I listen to my heart to what matters most to me.
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The connection back to love.
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This will set me free.
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There is a body.
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I heard this on a podcast the other day about mindful walking.
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It's from Buddhist teachings and I have heard Joseph Goldstein use it.
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Maybe you could listen to this or any other podcast or meditation about mindful walking.
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Go for a trample in the snow and see where your body takes you.
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My body wants to talk to your body.
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We reduce burning out by becoming who we are, and to do so we have to be aware of our body.
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Our body is our home, and our breath guides us back inside our body.
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That place inside where everything is okay.
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There is always a place inside of us where everything is okay.
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We are becoming.
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Invitation for body.
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Can you become aware of your body?
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Really aware of your body, intentionally interrupting your thoughts each time they arrive and notice the feelings present.
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Notice your feet meet the floor, the food pass your lips, the water meet your skin.