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Finding the in-between
It’s not just sink or swim
This article is cross-posted from my weekly newsletter, The Sunday Soother, a newsletter about clarity, intention, and useful tips for creating more meaning in your life that goes out every Sunday morning. Subscribe here. I am also a coach who teaches you mindfulness and thoughtful self-reflection so you can stop second-guessing yourself, make decisions confidently and live the life you’ve always dreamed of. You can learn more about working with me here.
This thinking for this edition of the newsletter started off when I saw and delighted in this tweet from @luvvie in a (very good) thread about therapists’ advice:
Here is something I know about myself, about my friends, about my coaching clients, and about pretty smart people in generally: We seem to be burdened with the certainty of seeing only two solutions or paths forward in any given situation: a “negative” one, or outcome, or a “positive” one or outcome.
- Fail, or succeed.
- Stay, or go.
- Win, or lose.
- Quit a career, or stay forever.
- Perfection, or failure.
