THE AGE OF EXHAUSTION
The Self-Help/Mental Health Industry needs a major overhaul, an upgrade. For decades we have been focused on outcomes. Ten steps to heal. Three secrets to success. We have been hyper-focused on the one thing that is outside our control: outcomes. That no longer works. People have outgrown easy answers and quick fixes.
Our soul is exhausted which leads to a quiet desperation when the latest system fails to work. It isn’t that the system is wrong or bad, it’s our expectation of a particular outcome that causes us to suffer. What happens when the system doesn’t provide the desired results? We move on to the next book, the next podcast, the next therapist.
Formulas promise control but that kind of control is an illusion. We don’t control outcomes, we control effort. If there is any secret, it is hidden in plain sight. The ancients knew it well. Life is not a machine that runs on fixed formulas, it is a relationship with a mystery beyond our ability to control.
The secret isn’t to fix all the problems of life. The secret is to do the work to become the kind of person strong enough, wise enough, compassionate enough to handle whatever life brings with calm courage, clarity, and compassion for ourselves and others.
The reality is that there is no “out there”, there is only “in here” in the mind. You are your thoughts. The world you perceives is the world you live in. The world you think about, is the world you create. This is why it is so vitally important to take great care to develop your mind.
The mind is the sanctuary of the soul, the kingdom within, with the power to create reality. Whatever the mind dwells on, it will become.
If freedom from exhaustion of the constant striving to control outcomes is what you desire, you must understand that freedom is always an inside job and there is no formula, only grounded presence.
A good question to ask yourself as you begin your journey is, “What type of work do I want to do?”
If you are a spiritually-minded, creative, self-helper type, and what you have read intrigues you, let’s work together.
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