The Easier, Softer Way by Liana Gergely
For recovering overthinkers and perfectionists who are tired of trying harder. Personal essays and gentle reminders from a therapist who is doing the work, too.
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You might be addicted to the extremes (opens the original)
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You’re Not Indecisive. You’re Trying Not to Feel Regret. (opens the original)
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Morning Prayers: This is not the waiting room for your life (opens the original)
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Universe, may I remember that there is no "there" to get to that will finally make me feel whole, complete and utterly satisfied. I can have goals and aims, but help relieve me of the search for a final solution that will end my human longing and discomfort.Guide me back into this moment that I have deemed “not it,” the waiting room for the life I think I need to be happy. Help me not miss it because I am so fixated on an ideal future that I can’t see that this is my life, happening right now.Ma
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