Hey there, Jen here, and this is a happy bit. I want to talk in this happy bit about living out of the

box. Now, some of you listening do this naturally. I think of my best friend Kit. She is happy to push

the status quo, to push the limits, to do what she feels like doing. Case in point, she recently

bought a pair of really super cool, super colorful shoes, and they're called

her map shoes. The shoes literally have world maps on them. The whole service of the shoe is a map.

They're colorful, they're unique. That is my best friend kit. If that's you, you're really lucky because

that means you're probably more in touch with your intuition

from the get-go rather than being guided by social norms and the shoulds that surround us.

For those of us who have to practice a little bit harder to think out of the box,

that is actually me, believe it or not. I was raised by parents who followed the social rules. My mom is of German

descent. My dad is of Danish descent. Typically more rule-bound cultures, I would say, generally speaking.

That is not true for every individual in those cultures, but you understand what I'm saying.

Well, I had to learn to

question the status quo. And I want to ask you a few questions and just see what thoughts might come

up for you as I ask these. So let's start with some of the things you might have gained from

your parents, things you hold to be true because of the family or the community or the culture

in which you were raised. Your first question might be, what are my beliefs and are they true?

I'm going to add that phrase and are they true to every line here. Next one, what are my values?

And are those really the most important values? Are those truly the most important ones?

What are my political beliefs? And is it actually what I truly believe now? How about health?

What do I believe about health and the rules and conventions of health? What about religion?

What are my religious beliefs? My spiritual beliefs? And are they true? For me now, marriage, love,

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