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Marcus Maier's avatar

Asking “what can I learn?” from situations is a great way to step out if the situation and just sit with it. Thats been great for me to stay grounded in stressful times. Thanks for sharing this!

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Dr. Samaiya Mushtaq's avatar

It really helps dial down the emotional intensity of a situation and consider alternative perspectives. Thanks for reading!

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Tristan's avatar

Very helpful and I wish I could have read this years ago, but then again I would not have probably registered. I was not ready to understand it.

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Dr. Samaiya Mushtaq's avatar

I’m glad you found it when it was helpful to you!

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Elizabeth Ess's avatar

Good read. It’s a timely reminder of my fallibility and fragile ego! I know there is more to it than being ‘woke’ to the ‘realities’ of ego-driven action - culture wars including a war on women and fragmentation of society along political and sociocultural fault lines: this stuff is happening, too. Things are geared towards making us self-centred and pliable.

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Archer Casper's avatar

I appreciated the immediate jump into the "is this me? What do I do?" section. Great post!

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Dr. Samaiya Mushtaq's avatar

Thanks for reading!

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Jordan Denari Duffner's avatar

Very helpful, Samaiya—thank you!

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