Hi, my name is John Kim and I'm a therapist who went through his own

rebirth. I share my feelings and revelations. I believe in casual or

clinical and with you instead of at you. I come unrehearsed on

purpose because self-help doesn't have to be so complicated. Hey just want to

remind you if you're not getting my text, I encourage you to check it out.

People seem to really enjoy them, they seem to be helpful.

We actually put a lot of thought into the week's text.

They are based on a topic, and of course at the end of the week's text. They are based on a topic and of course at the

end of the week I text you a private link to a Google Doc that will take you

deeper all for the price of a latte. So if you're willing to sacrifice a lot a month, then you can get me delivered

into your phone. And I try to shoot them out first thing in the morning so you wake up with something that's going to remind you or challenge your mindset or give you some kind of a

some kind of new shift or perspective so you can start your day right.

All right, I want to start with a quote and this quote is brought to you by Buddha,

my friend Buddha, we go way back.

We don't respond to what happens,

we respond to our perception of what happens,

and I think this is such a powerful quote because well because it's

true but if you could understand that your reaction sometimes isn't coming from truth,

it's coming from distortion.

And I'm not saying that your perception is wrong, but we have all been, no child enters adulthood

unscarred, so that means we've all been through some shit and our perception is created by our

story and everything we've been through right so that includes your childhood that includes

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