What is happiness? What makes us happy? How is happiness different from other emotions?

When you really dissect it, you might be surprised by what you find.

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REST IS PRODUCTIVE. Our minds often don't think so, though. What's with that?!

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An insight I had recently about how we're either feeling discomfort of the present, or the discomfort of trying to get out of it.

And what if the reliable presence of that thing we call "discomfort" is ... actually comforting?

If you think your problem is not believing in yourself enough, maybe just let that one go.

You can do things, successfully, without believing you can. Contrary to the manifesting/self-help manifesto.

Don't let a lack of confidence, or a "low-vibration" feeling, stop you from getting started.

Belief in yourself just makes the process a lot more fun. But it's not a requirement.

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Do you catch yourself saying, "I don't know" when you really do know, but you're afraid of admitting it because you think it sounds immature, unwise, petty, or shameful?

Do you not admit what you want, even to yourself, because you're afraid of the disappointment of not getting it?

We do this a lot. And minds can be sneaky about it.

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"Who do you think you are?" is a question that gets thrown around, rhetorically, as an insult.

But when we genuinely ask it, it has the potential to shake our entire foundation, enabling us to experience fluidity and freedom beyond our habitual self-concepts.

I'm honored to have my friend and colleague, Becky Anderson, on the podcast!

Becky is great at noticing and articulating the nuances of how the mind works and how it can make us feel stuck. This makes her a great coach, because so much freedom comes from just getting that high level view of the little innocent games and computations that our minds are making all the time, in a smart-but-not-wise effort to keep us safe.

She opens up in this episode about what it’s been like to put her work out there, and also what she’s been seeing about emotion and the way that our minds tell stories about what we’re feeling, and how that is and isn’t helpful.

Find Becky at: www.pauseitivecoaching.com

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People sometimes call me brave, but that is NOT how I see it. I'm scared sh*tless most of the time.

I do things while terrified because I like gathering evidence that my mind is a silly little liar.

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For this bonus minisode, I'm releasing an unfiltered voice note that I recorded while I was walking in Prague, thinking about a common question.

The question is essentially: do we have control of our thoughts?

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Dave Fry has moved past something that people don’t usually move past… an intense, 17-year struggle with major depression, anxiety, and bipolar… lots of diagnoses and medications… until… he stumbled on an understanding of life that completely changed all that. He now helps people through similar struggles. As you’ll see in this interview, Dave is caring, hilarious, and a brilliant coach. 

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