Episode 146: Embracing a Life of Imperfection and Acceptance

<span style='font-weight: 400;'>Does this sound like you? </span> <p><em><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Your to-do list is a mile long—yet, logically, there’s no way you could complete it; you drive yourself so hard, pushing, hustling, head down working toward a goal—and beat yourself up when you don’t reach it. </span></em></p> <p><em><span style='font-weight: 400;'>You might even sacrifice sleep and your own well-being in pursuit of this goal. </span></em></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>If so, then your Monger might be running the show and holding you to an impossible</span> <em><span style='font-weight: 400;'>superhuman</span></em> <span style='font-weight: 400;'>standard. </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>Your Monger convinces you that you</span> <em><span style='font-weight: 400;'>have</span></em> <span style='font-weight: 400;'>to do these things. There is no choice. You push yourself day in and day out in pursuit of a goal or fantasy version of what your life is “supposed to be”—because if you don’t attain the life your Monger is pushing you towards,</span> <em><span style='font-weight: 400;'>then you just don’t have what it takes to be happy</span></em><span style='font-weight: 400;'>. </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>If you gave yourself permission to pause and reflect on how your Monger holds you to these impossible standards, you might ask yourself: who set the goal I’m hustling so hard for? And if it is actually my goal, is that goal still serving me or even something I want to be pursuing? </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>When we have spent our whole lives with the belief that we can be superhuman if we only hustle harder, how do we embrace a life of imperfection and acceptance?</span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>In this week’s episode, I’m talking about how to deal with our Monger who is constantly pushing us towards the impossible and ways to embrace our humanness. </span></p> <p><span style='font-weight: 400;'>And, if you missed</span> <