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| Writer | Dr. Nicole Lepera |
| Category | Self Development |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | HARPER WAVE |
| Publish Date | 2021 |
| Pages | 241 |
| File Size | 1 MB |
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Poets and mystics always seem to have their transcendental awakenings somewhere divine—on a mountaintop, while staring off into the open sea, by a babbling brook, next to a burning bush. Mine happened in a log cabin in the middle of the woods, where I found myself sobbing uncontrollably into a bowl of oatmeal.
How to Do the Work PDF
I was in upstate New York with my partner, Lolly, on what was supposed to be a vacation, a retreat from the stress of city life in Philadelphia. As I ate my breakfast, I pored through the pages of another psychologist’s book, my version of a “beach read.” The topic? Emotionally unavailable mothers.
As I read it—for professional enrichment, or so I believed—the words activated an unexpected, and confusing, emotional response. “You’re burnt out,” my partner, Lolly, offered. “You need to take a step back. Try to relax.” I brushed her off; I didn’t believe that I was in any way unique in my general feelings and experiences. I heard similar complaints from so many of my clients and friends.
Who doesn’t get out of bed in the morning, dreading the day ahead? Who doesn’t feel distracted at work? And who doesn’t feel distanced from the people they love? Who in the world can honestly say that they aren’t living each day for their vacation? Isn’t this just what happens when you get older? I had recently “celebrated” my thirtieth birthday and thought to myself, Is this it?
How to Do the Work PDF