Yesterday I had a therapy session and I was telling my therapist just how grateful I am because I tend to worry very much about the future,

not because I don't trust myself, but because I have my own business and I'm the one in charge of making all the big decisions and so I always think ahead about the people that I need to take care of about whether I'm still going to be able to do the work that I'm doing in five years or ten years or

and sometimes there's just way too many expenses and there's a part of me that just goes into

that worry place which I think all of us go through.

And so I told her, I just feel very grateful because every time I feel this way it's like the universe

says don't worry I'm gonna send you this from here and that from here from places that you didn't know or didn't anticipate that you were going to get a certain deal or you were going to get a certain like book deal or brand deal or whatever.

It just I was so overwhelmed with gratitude that I am taken care of by the universe.

And so my therapist goes to me,

I really want you to make the shift from things that I'm getting because of all of this hard work that I'm putting in.

She's like you have to believe that you're also receiving all those things because of who you are.

It's not always about what you do, it's about who you are.

She's like the work that you're doing is so important like you are helping people heal.

You are sharing a part of your story and your journey. You are sharing a part of who you are with the people that you are trying

to help and that's a heavy weight to carry and you're doing that.

So instead of saying, I'm so grateful for all that I'm getting because of all that I'm doing,

add to that because of all that I am am. And I thought that was so beautiful because... because I did

tend to be someone who's like I did all of this. I worked so hard to get this. I went to school for this many years and it's not it doesn't

come from a place of like arrogance or from a place of trying to prove myself to

others. I think it's from a place of trying to prove to myself that I've earned the place

that I'm at in life. And so it's always good to get that reminder that you deserve good things based on being, not just

based on doing. So yeah I wanted to share that with you because I thought you of all people would really appreciate that and the people who listen in would really appreciate that too.

Yeah, absolutely. Thank you for sharing that. I mean, it's so true too because, you know, whether you're, you know, a public figure doing work like you and I do, or you're an individual just, you know, living a private life and having their profession, like whatever it is that they're doing.

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