You know that feeling when you want to ask for something but you don't want to seem weak or helpless? Or when you feel guilty because somebody else didn't communicate clearly and you "let them down"?

These are the times when we, as adults, forget that we can actually ask for things. We spend all out time telling our kids this, and yet often don't do it ourselves. It might surprise you how freeing it is to ask for things — to "use our words" — instead expending all that energy in the constant chess game of manipulating other humans, holding expectations, and then hoping people read your mind and do what you want.

Just ask. Here's more on that. Have a listen.

Highlights:

• Alive and Free go hand in hand. The more life you have flowing through your body, the more alive you will feel and the more free you will feel, regardless of your circumstances. (1:50)
• We set up this expectation that if somebody really loves me then I shouldn't have to communicate what I want from them. (6:45)
• I'm too lazy to care enough about the other person to communicate effectively with them and then I want to blame them for lack of communication. (14:40)
• You don't actually love people. You love the idea of them, and when they don't measure up to your idea you get upset about it. (17:00)
• There is some courage in putting yourself out there and appearing vulnerable (8:50)
• When you are honest, you have the most power in any room. Everybody else is busy trying to manipulate other people into believing them. (20:35)

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