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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

4086: How To Simplify and Find Your Focus In Your Life by Shirley Huang of Daring Living on Meaningful Priorities

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

Optimal Living Daily LLC

Self-improvement, Mental Health, Education, Health & Fitness

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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0:00.0

Some books change your life, and the body keeps the score with that book for me.

0:05.0

As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself.

0:10.0

The critical issue is allowing yourself to know what you know.

0:13.0

And that takes an enormous amount of courage.

0:16.0

It was eye-opening, hearing how traumatic experiences leave scars on us.

0:23.6

It's really changed how I understand people in relationships.

0:25.4

Life changes when you listen.

0:28.3

The body keeps the score by Bessel van derogh.

0:29.5

Now on Spotify.

0:32.6

This is Optimal Living Daily.

0:39.0

How to simplify and find your focus in your life by Shirley of daring living.com.

0:40.4

And I'm JustaMollick.

0:43.5

And we can jump right in as we optimize your life.

0:54.0

How to simplify and find your focus in your life by Shirley of daring living.com.

0:57.9

Are you someone who feels overwhelmed easily?

1:00.9

Do you not know what you should be focusing on?

1:06.2

I was like that, until I finally learned to simplify my life and find my focus.

1:11.0

Right now, as I'm working on my online business and taking on life coaching clients,

1:14.5

it's almost impossible for me not to simplify and focus,

1:17.2

finding what's important for you.

1:21.4

To find your focus, you need to know what's important to you right now.

1:27.2

If you know this, you can make decisions easier and have more clarity about the next steps in your life. Number one, list out

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