022 No one is coming to save you

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Human’s evolved to be in community with others, to be supported by and be in support of other humans, to build relationships, to problems solve, to hunt and cook and sing and dance and share stories and experiences.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are social creatures.</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">You are a social creature.</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yet, when it comes to the stuff that challenges you, the things that hold you back, that keep tripping you up, there is a universal truth that actually negates this point for a very important moment;</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">no one is coming to save you.</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">No one is going to fix your shit or do the work for you, no one is going to make you do the thing you need to do.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And even if they did, it’s not really yours at that point - if they do it, you don’t own it.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That is entirely disempowering.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One can lead a horse to water. One can attempt to force the horse’s head to the water. But one cannot, no matter how much one tries, make the horse drink it. The horse</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">must</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">do the drinking itself.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hello, hi - you’re the horse. We’re all the horse.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We can be supported and helped, we can be guided and poked and challenged into action, but</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">we</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">have to take the actual action.</span></p> <p> </p> <h3><strong>In this episode:</strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And this is what brings me to this week’s solo podcast episode - whatever it is you’re challenged by, whatever displeasure o