The Third Choice Awakening

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The Missing Piece in Your Spiritual Practice
You’re journaling, meditating, even catching your triggers mid-flight. So why do you still feel off? Maybe it’s not awareness you’re missing...
Are You Healing or Performing Awareness?
You’re doing the work — but no amount of mindfulness, meditation, or self-care can help if it’s still just a mask. Here's how to take it off.
How to Heal a Dysfunctional Ego
Why we feel lost, triggered, and unfulfilled — and how to reclaim the Self beneath the masks
Are You in Control of your Life?
The Ego knows no lack or inequality other than what it has been taught, or which information you fill your subconscious container with.
From Inner Critic to Inner Ally: The Practice of Self-Compassion
Understanding compassion to integrate the inner critic, and cultivate a kinder inner world.
How to Effectively Silence Self-Criticism
You can start by listening to what your inner critic is trying to say.
How to Manage Expectations and Set Conscious Goals
Finding balance between being in the present moment and planning for the future.
5 Reasons Why You Will Never Reach Your Goals
What if it was the best thing that ever happened for you?
Why Resisting to Pain leads to More Suffering (and what to do instead)
Pain is part of life — but the second arrow is our choice. Whether we resist discomfort or cling to happiness, acceptance is how we meet life as is.
Acceptance is not Agreement
If you can’t love what you’re resisting to… love the resistance itself.
How to Actually Release Unwanted Feelings
Conflict isn’t inherent — it’s born from the labels we attach.
How to Stop Judging Yourself (and Everyone Else)
Learn how judgment distorts reality, disconnects us from the moment and each other.
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