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How much energy are you wasting complaining about or resisting reality? Radical acceptance can help you deal realistically with the facts of the situation (rather than the story you\\u2019re telling yourself about the facts) and sitting with the discomfort of the present moment instead of insisting it shouldn\\u2019t be happening.

Radical acceptance doesn\\u2019t mean you approve of the problems you\\u2019re facing or deem other people\\u2019s inappropriate behavior as okay. You don\\u2019t have to ignore your own needs, let people walk all over you, ignore a problem, or tell yourself it\\u2019s okay that something awful is happening or has happened to you.

Rather, it\\u2019s a principle you can practice to bravely see all that you are, and all that the people around you are. You can take constructive steps to improve working conditions while practicing radical acceptance of your current reality. You can change your self-talk from \\u201cI can\\u2019t believe this unfair thing is happening\\u201d to \\u201cIt IS happening, and I accept that reality for the purpose of being able to address it in the healthiest, most productive way possible. What thoughts, words, and actions can I choose that will make things better?\\u201d

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