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Why You Cannot Be Present (And What Your Vigilance Is Actually Protecting)

  1. Hook slide — Why You Cannot Be Present (And What Your Vigilance Is Actually Protecting)

    Why You Cannot Be Present (And What Your Vigilance Is Actually Protecting)

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  2. The insight — The present moment is the first thing the self-abandonment wound evacuates. When the nervous system is organized arou...

    The present moment is the first thing the self-abandonment wound evacuates. When the nervous system is organized arou...

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  3. The truth — Why You Cannot Be Present (And What Your Vigilance Is Actually Protecting)

    The truth about why you cannot be present (and what your vigilance is actually protecting)

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  4. Key takeaway — The present moment is the first thing the self-abandonment wound evacuates. When the nervous system is organized arou...

    The present moment is the first thing the self-abandonment wound evacuates. When the nervous system is organized arou...

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The present moment is the first thing the self-abandonment wound evacuates. When the nervous system is organized around others' responses, the internal experience of now becomes impossible to…

 

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