By Mirabai Starr
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Learn key principles and practices for turning the heartbreaking stages of grief into portals for spiritual awakening and transformation. Advance on your path of integration with loving guidance and the support of a conscious community.
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I’m learning that my challenge isn’t just to unlearn what my family has taught me, but to put myself in situations that would reaffirm the new lessons I was trying to replace the old ones with.
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Through the size of her platform, however, and her decision to choose well-being over pursuit of a Grand Slam title, Osaka offers the promise of bringing mental health awareness—both inside and outside of sports—to an entirely new level.
The desire to love and be loved and feel valued is universal. Seems easy enough, but for most people it is a constant, and often silent, struggle. Toxic emotions such as fear, resentment, guilt, and shame drain your energy, deflate the spirit, and make you feel stuck.
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Being “othered” and the body shame it spurs is not “just” a feeling.