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Why Playing Hot Potato Won't Help Us Heal

10/26/2016

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​Or more aptly titled, Learning to Sit with Discomfort So We Can Finally Let it Go.
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Do you remember playing hot potato when you were a kid? You'd be in a group and whenever you thought the thing might be coming your way, you got ready. You tensed up. You narrowed your focus. You zoned completely in on the thing. You stayed on high alert. Whenever the thing came your way, you did everything in your power to get rid of it as fast as possible. Because if you were too slow and got stuck holding the thing when the music stopped, you were OUT and nobody wants to be out.
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Thanks to a interview I watched with Glennon Doyle Milton recently, I realized this is exactly how most of us learn to handle uncomfortable feelings, pain, discomfort and difficult situations in our culture.  We spend a boatload of time and energy anticipating the thing coming, all rigid and suited up in our armor. We constantly live in fear of it getting too close and when it actually does, we bear down and then toss it away from us as quickly as humanly possible.

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What Would You Do If You Had One Year To Live?

10/13/2016

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What would you do if you only had one year to live? 

Someone asked me that question the other day and it stunned me. Me! The life enthusiast, activist, celebrator, joy-pusher, traveler, the one who cries from happiness. I have a bucket list a mile long, but I couldn't answer the question. One year. That kind of urgency changes things.

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    Jacque Saltsman is a Healer and Life Coach who is committed to the empowerment and healing of women locally and globally.  Jacque has attended and staffed the Woman Within Training Weekend and sits in an amazing E-circle in her hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. She can be found at jacquesaltsman.com.

    Note:  Jacque is Woman to Woman Kentuckiana's primary blogger.  From time to time there may other bloggers and writers who share their inspiration with our community.

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