The Myth of “Everything’s Fine”
When someone asks how you are, do you answer before you've actually checked in with yourself? Do you feel a subtle tightening in your body, a clenching, a bracing, right before you say "fine"? Have your closest people stopped asking how you really are, because they've learned that "fine" is all they'll get? Do you feel safer when no one knows what's actually going on inside you?
Thinking vs. Doing: Why Your Busy Brain Isn’t Always Progressing
And when your brain is working really hard at thinking, it can trick you into believing you’re moving forward, when in reality, nothing is happening outside your head.
No decision has been made. No action has been taken. There’s nothing you could point to as proof.
Thinking feels busy. Doing creates evidence.