Thursday 7th January 2021

January 7, 2021•87 words

Letting go. The benefit being freedom to act without undue reference to what's already been, what we already know. A future of possibility and freshness opening up before us.

Helps to have an awareness of what we are holding onto. It can be tricky. Some things might help...

Noticing habits. Behavioural and thinking.
Noticing relationship patterns.
Noticing distractons.
Honesty about and ownership of the past.
Learning about attachment theory.
Meditation.
Having courage to be vulnerable.
Curiosity in the process.

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