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Hey guys.

So I just had the best conversation with Dr. Emma Offord from Divergent Life and it's really got me thinking…. why do we need labels?

We needed these labels as a result of a world that we created that privileges one right way to be and do. Which can be put into a label of neurotypical.

But we know there's no such thing as a normal brain.

* That all of our brains are as unique as our fingerprints.

* That we're all uniquely wired in our own way to do and be and contribute to this world.

And so if it's all by design that we're all created, so vastly different. Because we need one another and we all fit together as these pieces of a perfect puzzle in order to make the world go round…. Then why in the world are we saying that certain puzzle pieces are better or worse than others?

And the bigger issue at hand, really is the system that we've created

It's like, it’s all preventable, if we just had a bit more of an open mind about how we looked at one another.

* Like what if there is no right or wrong.

* There's just right for me and right for you.

* And the right for me might be wrong for you.

* And what if there was no judgment about that? Because that's how it's supposed to be.

If you look at human design, we're all so uniquely wired for a specific reason.

And so we've built this world and this educational system around the idea that we're all supposed to be doing things the same. Yet, we all know that's not true.

And we're still operating on old, outdated conditioned belief systems that were really established to exert control.

So what if we could just tap into our nervous system, which is really the creator of our thoughts and our feelings, and then our actions?

And what if we could bring more attention to what's at the root.

If we change the system we live in, to one where we all could thrive…

Would we need labels?

And I get it- It's a big ask. It's a big shift.

But, I'm just speaking the truth that I'm feeling in the work that I'm doing.

So, although I get it. That these labels serve a purpose within the system that we currently exist.

I want better.

And what if the path forward was empowering each of us to get so connected to our own truth, what is right for us without worrying about judgment or acceptance or being rejected or all the projections of the outside world?

So I'm just curious, and would love to hear your opinions on this.

If you relate to this at all. If you hear what I'm saying or resonate with this. Drop it in the comments.

Because I honestly think, you guys, that we're stepping into a new way of operating and being as a collective. And it's just time for a massive shift in the way that we look at these things.

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