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This episode takes the conversation around giving and receiving to a deeper level. Building on last week's exploration of the five ways we block ourselves from receiving, Mike uncovers the emotional reasons behind those blocks and reveals why so many generous, caring, and successful people struggle to receive support, abundance, love, ease, and opportunity. 

At the heart of this episode is a powerful realization that emerged while writing Mike's upcoming book, Built to Give. Rebuilt to Receive. The issue is rarely the external circumstance. More often, we block goodness from entering our lives because we're unconsciously trying to avoid certain feelings. Understanding these emotions becomes the key to becoming a better receiver and experiencing a higher quality of life. 

Key Takeaways

1. We often block goodness from entering our lives to avoid uncomfortable feelings.
The challenge isn't usually receiving itself. It's the emotions that receiving might trigger inside of us. 

2. Seven core emotions frequently drive our resistance to receiving.
Selfishness, being a burden, judgment, rejection, shame, superiority, and disappointment often sit beneath our unwillingness to receive support, abundance, love, and opportunity. 

3. Over-givers often delay permission to receive.
Many people spend their lives giving, serving, helping, and supporting others while continuously postponing their own turn to receive. 

4. Avoiding emotions keeps them alive.
What we resist persists. The path to freedom isn't avoiding uncomfortable emotions but learning how to move into, through, and beyond them. 

5. The path to becoming a better receiver is making the uncomfortable comfortable.
Growth happens when we willingly feel the emotions we've spent our lives trying to avoid. The more comfortable we become with those feelings, the easier it becomes to receive life fully. 

Notable Quotes

•  "The greatest lie ever told is that it's better to give than receive." 
•  "The reason we block goodness from flowing into our life is to avoid a feeling." 
•  "The wealthiest, happiest, most successful people I know are easy receivers." 
•  "Whatever you resist persists. Whatever you feel heals." 
•  "The way to heal is into the discomfort and through it." 

Call to Action

If this episode resonated with you, spend a few moments reflecting on which of the seven emotions shows up most often in your life. Is it the fear of being selfish? The fear of judgment? The fear of rejection, shame, disappointment, or being a burden?

Awareness is the first step.

Once you understand what you're trying to avoid, you can begin the process of moving through it instead of organizing your life around it.

If you're ready to do this work at a deeper level, join Mike for the upcoming Built to Give, Rebuilt to Receive Workshop on August 28–29 just outside of St. Louis, Missouri, where you'll learn how to identify and release the blocks that keep you from fully receiving life. Click here for details and to register.

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Music Credit: "What's Left of Me" by Wes Hoffman & Friends