Next time you have a conversation, slow down and pay attention to the words that come out of your mouth. Where are they coming from? What is the intention behind them? What you’ll hear is the possibility of something beyond gossiping, complaining, insulting, and disagreeing. There will automatically be lots of gaps in your speech because just by paying attention to it, you’ll slow down and talk less. This is a way to interrupt deeply embedded habitual and reactive patterns, and at the same time build confidence. By strengthening confidence in our own worthiness, we engender confidence in the
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