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Liz Norell's avatar

Two things I want to share about this lovely post Marika:

1. This quote made me think of Cheri Huber's book, _There's Nothing Wrong With You_: "Which only reinforces the same looping paradigm: Be good, get a treat. Be bad, get punished." I have given away at least a dozen copies of that book.

2. I was chatting with a student yesterday who was just lashing at his work habits (procrastination/overwhelm/perfectionism) in a way that made me so sad for what a colossal jerk his inner critic was being. I wish I had read this before our meeting, because I would've said, "How *human* of you!"

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Deb Lund's avatar

Love this! And I’m feeling very human at the moment. Getting rid of good/bad labels is no easy task, and awareness is the key—if only it fit all my locks! A phrase that has helped me a lot over the years comes from one of my dearest friends, Christina Baldwin. “Replace judgment with curiosity.” And we humans are indeed curious creatures! Thanks for the human twist on this.

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