John C. Parkin is an English bestselling author of the F**k It series of books: teachings on how to transform your life. He and his wife, Gaia Pollini, founded The Hill That Breathes retreat center in Italy.
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In his latest book, John C. Parkin brings the power of saying “F**k It” to the subject of doing what we love.
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John C. Parkin (author of the bestselling F**k It books) introduces his 'F**K IT REVOLUTION', using special 'scripts' to change the negative scripts that we're received throughout our lives and that have driven our thought process and thus our lives.
Think of a question – any question! (okay, maybe not a question like "what was the name of my physics teacher?"). Then turn to a page, and experience the magic… the magic of F**k It. We all have questions.
The key to being able to let go of all the stuff you’re holding on to is knowing that you’ll be okay if you don’t have it. And that’s the truth. You can survive with very little. And though the passing of people and things can be painful, you will survive.
Stop making food such a big thing. If you’ve lost your job and your girlfriend’s dumped you, then have a frickin’ chocolate bar. In fact, get a cab down to the nearest candy factory and do the tour where you can scoop up fistfuls and stuff them into your mouth. You’ll feel better.
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Is there a gap between how you’d like things to be and how they are? Most likely there is, and it hurts. It may be a small gap or a freaking enormous ravine, but that gap is, in fact, probably the primary cause of pain and unhappiness for most people.
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Context, invariably, is everything.
A plan, especially a very focused one, narrows down the possibilities of the future to just a couple of things: that things either go to plan, or they don’t.
If every therapist and psychotherapist on the planet could repeat this to their clients, like a mantra, again and again, there would be fewer therapists and psychotherapists. Because it works. Very quickly.
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