Brave Enough To Be Bliss

On Wednesday, September 26, 2018, 11:55:30 AM CDT, Ginger Rothhaas wrote: You are really amazing! I haven’t read the attachment yet, but I wanted to affirm that you were brave in sharing this with me . Brené would be so very proud of you!!! And so am I. You are so right, that we usually can’t work through what is blocking us alone… so sharing this with me is a form of self-compassion to release the block so that you can move forward.

I promise you are on your way to a breakthrough. Keep saying this to yourself: This is tough. Other people are in tough situations too. I know I can figure this out.

And, you have me on your team to figure it out! I am with you every step of the way. Thank you for trusting me with your journey and I am confident it is worth the vulnerability hangover today!

Sending you lots of love and compassion, Ginger

On Wednesday, September 26, 2018, 15:57 PM CDT, Ginger Bliss wrote: Thank you for the assurance and encouragement. Very much appreciated; vulnerability hangover is only mildly painful this afternoon, so I must be making at least some progress! Sending lots of love to you and appreciation for you, Ginger

That is an example of why I kept going back to talk with Ginger. She didn’t judge me, she simply accepted me right where I was and encouraged me to keep learning more about myself. I judged myself constantly, so this felt oddly refreshing, hopeful, and honest.

I was saying all the things I thought I would take to my grave and there was nothing coming back to me except pure compassion.

“When we are in shame, we don’t see the big picture; we don’t accurately think about our strengths and limitations. We just feel alone, exposed, and deeply flawed.” Brené Brown

Resources ▪ Being Aware of Your Thoughts - DailyOM ▪ Being Aware of Your Thoughts (dailyom.com) ▪ Posted this in my stories after our weekly @callinghome.co group and a lot of you wanted to see it as a post. Someone brought up this idea… | Instagram ▪ The power of vulnerability | Brené Brown | TED (youtube.com) ▪ Alpha Motivation | @chriswillx on the @nickbarefitness podcast ⚡️ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #inspirational #inspiration #motivationalquotes #motivation… | Instagram ▪ Jay Shetty | Leave a “YES” below if you agree This is where real self-worth comes from Clipped from my time on The Diary of a CEO with @steven | Instagram ▪ Soundtracks by Jon Acuff - soundtracksbook.com (youtube.com) ▪ (Excessive Independence (Counterdependency) – When you can’t ask for help | Trauma and Dissociation (wordpress.com)

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