Acknowledgment

Acknowledgment is key to reducing stress. When difficulties emerge our default mode so often is to say NO, NO, NO! to them. We decide that our difficulties shouldn't be happening, look for someone to blame (often ourselves), and believe that somehow this shouldn't be happening to us. Yet denial certainly leads to stress and dis-ease. However, when we say YES to our experience, honestly acknowledging what's here, it often loses its hold on us and we start to breathe easier.

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