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Our Unbothered Era

Our Unbothered Era

Shifting from people pleasing to ease.

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Dr. Catherine Schmidt
Jul 17, 2023
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You can sense a certain quality in people… it looks and feels a little bit like freedom. They are less afraid of speaking out of turn or make a mistake, they give themselves time to think- often with a long pause- and there seems to be an emotional sturdiness to them. A laissez-faire, whatever happens happens attitude that signifies they know they’ll be okay no matter what. And because of this, they seem to move through their day with more ease and less anxiety.

I was never one of these people.

Well, maybe I had become skilled in appearing to be one of these people. But certainly is was never my internal experience.

Until this last year. I am now a proud member of the unbothered club and I want to share with you a few observations and tools that got me here.

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