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Letting Go of Should with Rachel Heslin
Episode Summary
Stop holding yourself back with guilt and shame. Here are some tangible steps to see the root causes of these negative feelings and shoulds, and how to embrace your full identity to reveal what you truly want instead of what you should do/be/have.
Episode Notes
Stop holding yourself back with guilt and shame. Here are some tangible steps to see the root causes of these negative feelings and shoulds, and how to embrace your full identity to reveal what you truly want instead of what you should do/be/have.
Rachel is the founder of The Fullness of Your Power and the author of Navigating Life: 8 Different Strategies to Guide Your Way and Rituals of Release: How to Make Room for Your New Life. She helps people tap into their deeper purpose and higher aspirations.
Quote to remember:
“You may not know what your purpose is other than in hindsight.”
Takeaways:
- We are all born as perfect beings with curiosity, wonder, and joy
- Dealing with guilt and “should” is a matter of listening to your heart
- Find the common threads in what you have experienced and done and taken interest in
- Focus on taking the next step rather than trying to see the whole staircase
- Look at your contributing factors rather than blame yourself
- Investigating your triggers can increase your self-awareness
- Fear is trying to protect you
What you’ll learn:
- The developmental science around why we hold onto limiting beliefs
- How to address guilt, shame, regret, fear, and grief
- Internally versus externally motivated shoulds
- How to create rituals to tap into your soul in the face of too many things to do
- The difference between forgiving others and forgiving yourself
- An alternative to having boundaries, especially if you’re conflict-avoidant
- What multiple personality disorder can show us about our own identity
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