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it needs to tell you. You will be surprised to find that you will stop feeling

uncomfortable. You actually start feeling soothed because you are self-parenting.

When you listen to your discomfort and you hold it and you give it space and you

embrace it and say “hey it's ok I've got you, we've got this, I'm here for you no matter

what” your discomfort will dissipate.

In fact, all of our emotions have special messages to tell us. One emotion that I have

suffered a lot in my life is anxiety. Part of my anxiety has to do with physical

discomfort. But actually what anxiety is it's the space between fear and hope.

Anxiety is the space between fear and hope. It is when we are afraid but we are

hopeful and in between that space is a place of uncertainty. How do we deal with

anxiety?

The truth is anxiety is a very special emotion. It is special because in order for you to

really respect and honour anxiety and the message that it is telling you, you actually

need to respect an honour and value yourself.

The reason why we feel anxious in life is because we aren't asserting our boundaries.

In order to assert your boundaries, you need to have confidence in yourself. You need

to have confidence and self-belief in who you are and what you want. Then you need

to have the courage to assert your confidence and your self-belief by sharing that with

whoever it is that you need to share it with in order to assert the boundaries you need

to feel secure in your life.

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