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Love this one Mack. Thank you for sharing.

I found that parenting was a real eye-opener for me: to finally listen to my energy, not just my time. To be able to realize that you can't measure and account for everything. Sometimes all you can do is listen to your body to understand what you need. ❤️

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I am finding parenting to be such a good teacher.

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Thank you Tom for always reading and supporting my work. It means so much to me.

Good for you for changing your approach in your parenting. I'm a work in progress on that as well and I have found that there are always more opportunities for me to be accountable for my impact in how I show up with my kids.

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Systems and doing. Energy and being. Presence and having. The paying attention is so important. Being present enough to yourself, and to what is really going on, to be able to draw on the internal resources that are there, and have been honed over decades. At 11 you were already efficient, capable, good. It is so hard to rest in what we already are when we have't yet accept we are enough.

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So beautifully articulated Benjamin. Thank you.

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Love this Mack. So many good lessons to remind myself of. Hurrah to you for saying them. X

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Thank you for saying so Fran. I so appreciate your kind words. And hurrah to YOU for continuing to set yourself free. You are an amazing human.

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The moving from wanting to know I’m enough from others to just validating that for myself is the continual challenge! Thank you sharing your life lessons Mack! Appreciated this one.

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It's my pleasure!! And good for you Sarah for stepping into that. Just like self-compassion, self-validation feels like a continuous challenge for me, too. I just keep showing up as much as I can <3

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