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Hi, everyone.

I'm Jack Gould, certified mentality coach, self-connection specialist, and founder of

YerNor Babe. You're listening to IGNTD motivation. Today I want to talk to you a bit about the power of

self-connection and how at any given point in the day, just asking yourself one of the simplest questions you

could possibly ask, you can immediately come back home to yourself, no matter what's going on outside of

you. Hey, how are you? How are you feeling? Two very simple questions we so frequently ask others,

but hardly ever take the time to ask ourselves. But having a feeling

focused mindset can completely change your life. And trust me, I only say this was such conviction

because it's completely changed mine. Shame used to run my life. It kept me stuck. It kept me

sick. It influenced the way I showed up in the world. It dominated every

conversation I had, ran every relationship, infiltrated every experience. The deeper I buried it,

and the less I allowed myself to feel my feelings, the more incapable of growth and change I

started to feel. I used everything I could to detach and run away

from myself and from my emotions, guys, friends, food, money, shopping, self-deprecating humor.

Shame was at the root of absolutely everything. All that mixed with depression and anxiety and an

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