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We can make a whole life around avoiding the tender places inside us, our \u2018sore spots\u2019, and in doing so keep ourselves away from many of our gifts and deepest longings.
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\nSo how might we, instead of turning away, turn towards that in us which longs to sing, dance, speak or feel? And how might we help one another work compassionately with the sophisticated \u2018protective patterns\u2019 that keep us away from feeling our own longing, shame, grief and tenderness, so that life can come bursting through?
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\nThis week's Turning Towards Life is hosted, as always, by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.
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\nTurning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.\xa0 Find us on FaceBook to watch live and join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Google, Amazon Music and Spotify.
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\nHere\u2019s our source for this week:
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\nProtecting the Sore Spot
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\nEveryone has one. It\u2019s the part of ourselves we won\u2019t look at, acknowledge or risk disturbing. It\u2019s the story or trauma or situation that must be avoided at all costs.
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\nPeople will choose careers, families and opportunities simply to avoid confronting the little tiny voice that is hiding inside. And marketers with low standards will brazenly manipulate us to extract money spent to protect the sore spot.
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\nIt\u2019s almost impossible to make it go away. But if we\u2019re brave enough to acknowledge it exists, it\u2019s possible to help it take up far less room.
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\nSeth Godin
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\nPhoto by Sven Brandsma on Unsplash\n