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Handling the Self Inflicted Heartache

Finding that daunting empty sensation manifest physically is no fun at all. It is a gentle reminder that we all need to continue working towards calibrating our visions for growth and what we truly want in life. Acknowledge the odd, self inflicted heartache when it happens, but let it be a soothing sign that you are destined for something truly eye-opening if you choose to feel out the moment.

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The Culturescape Phenomenon

The culturescape of how we all should live our lives creates unnecessary pressure. Too many social norms dictate our very being without leaving room for us to gain world experiences to color our own perspectives. Learning to escape from this "black hole" as I call it is no easy feat, but it is all the more worthwhile when you take a step back to view the limitations of the social culturescape.

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Humanity's Timeless Quality

Technology and innovation have paved the way for a more connected and productive world. However, it has also taken away from the very fact that human beings have always already been connected. We've shared tremendous connections through friendships and family relations. Explore the greatest capacity for human connection in the oldest and most trusted form of connection in loving one another!

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Gauging Emotional Temperatures

Emotional temperatures are easy and hard to gauge. Warmth and fire are elements we seek to constantly always be energized and seeking out the next great opportunity. The flip side of the cool ice by embracing our inner peace and stillness often gets neglected. Find the balance in the imbalance between the two forces by learning to gauge and authentically feel your varying emotional temperatures.

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Using Emotional Scars as Weapons

Find your own personal scarring memory that you typically shy away from unveiling to others. Guard the scar close and use it as a weapon for personal motivation to trudge along through life's vicissitudes. While emotional scars heal with time, it is up to us to use them for the greater good. Ultimately, that emotional scar can propel you to levels of excellence that were never fathomable before.

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Beauty in the Darker Emotions

The darker side of emotions is often neglected and seen as unfit for society. However, I've found the use for them to uncover the true beauty of our individual journeys in becoming better human beings. In this journey, you'll find that the darker side of emotions provides a great source of personal fuel and motivation to propel you to grander heights. Let's embrace the beauty in the darkness.

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The Dual Actor's Mentality Explained

The Dual Actor's Mentality phenomenon finally gets unpacked. Learn what my freshman year self back at Cal thought of one day late at night to distinguish between two senses of self that we are always pushing and pulling to get away from and to inhabit respectively. We're all visionaries and actors once you put this phenomenon in perspective. The duality of self will absolutely change your life!

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Embrace Your Truth

It's a grand shift shedding all the hopes and dreams we all had when we were little kids on the playgrounds for practical visions for our future as we grow older. I'd like to bring us all back to our core, truthful selves in order to craft a way to bring out the truly best form of self for each and every single one of us. We need to live out our truths, so now is the time to embrace your truth.

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Uncertainty: The Feared Opportunity

We as human beings have a great aversion to uncertainty given the fact that the unknown has a life or death connotation attached to it. Fear, uncertainty, and doubt all creep into our lives at one point or another, and it is up to us to decide how we'll be shaped by them. Let's reframe fear, uncertainty, and doubt and shed light on the opportunity we have to gain from embracing the uncertain!

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Exploring Your Spirituality

Humans get caught up in the physicality of reality and often find it hard to block out the noise and find a grounding factor in the chaos of it all. Spiritual experimentation is something all human beings can practice to gain a better sense of the inner being by consciously being aware of the collection of the outer world elements. Take time to finally explore your spirituality today!

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Finding Balance and Discipline

Ever find yourself questioning how to strike the right chord in life between balance and discipline? Let me help you reframe your mindset on these two seemingly conflicting ideas. Balance and discipline have a circular relationship with one another than we all can better shape and reframe our mindset around. No more struggling with the inner conflict of balance and discipline - let's enjoy both!

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The Power to Instill

Mentorship doesn't always have to come in the form of an in person relationship. To instill the power in individuals all across the world is one of life's greatest gifts. We all have mentors that can instill that power within us. Find out more about how two instrumental life figures helped open my eyes to finding comfort in being myself and for helping create the Dual Actor's Mentality phenomenon!

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