The greatest decision we can ever make is to feel our feelings fully, even in times of heartbreak and pain. This fundamental choice between emotional avoidance and courageous feeling determines whether we merely exist or truly come alive.
• Heartbreak stories teach us that feeling pain is part of being fully alive
• We often avoid uncomfortable feelings through distractions like food, shopping, or alcohol
• True aliveness requires vulnerability and willingness to feel everything
• Mark Nepo's metaphor of the dried sponge containing a fish represents our dormant potential
• What lies asleep within you that needs to be awakened?
• The mind we discover within us governs everything - we are both the problem and solution
• Fear gets its power when we refuse to look at what scares us
• Being spontaneous rather than planning every moment creates authentic joy
• Coming alive means living "out loud" with all the risks and rewards that entails
Are you ready to make the greatest decision possible - to feel what there is to feel while knowing you're perfect underneath it all? This is what Coming Alive in 2025 is all about.
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