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Hi , welcome to the podcast

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between heart and brain . I'm Sarah

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, and I'm here to be with you in

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your personal growth and self-improvement

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journey , and I'm here to share

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my own life experiences

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with you . I'm a yoga teacher

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, a business intelligence manager

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with a master's degree in IT

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, and Nobel Queen International 2023

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with health and wellness advocacy

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. I'm so excited to start

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this journey with you , to uplift

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you with positivity , the power

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of mindfulness and yoga and

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the freedom of conscious living . So

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let's start together and

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take a moment for yourself . Take

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a moment for yourself . Hello , my dear podcast listeners

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, sarah is in the house and I'm here

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once again talking to you , super

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excited about it . Okay

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, so today we're going to talk about superpowers . I have a question for

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you what

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is your superpower ? Take

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a few seconds to think about it . Do you have an answer ? I hope you do , because

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if you do , it means that you at least know

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yourself to some extent , and if

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not , that's also okay , that's

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totally fine . Getting to

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know ourselves is a journey . It's not

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like you know , oh , I'm

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already there , I've already done it , or why

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am I not there ? It's

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totally fine . As long as we are curious about

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ourselves , as much as we are curious about

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others and the world , then we're on the

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right path . So I

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strongly believe that we all

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have superpowers . It's

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my own idea . I

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guess it came from my own self

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, and let

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me give you an example . For example , animes

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. I'm not an anime fan , but I know

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a lot of people who are . Obviously

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, I live in east asia and that's

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a thing here . So if

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you look at

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or if you watch most animes

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, people have their

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own superpowers . I haven't

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watched many , but one thing that I've realized

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different people have their own different superpowers

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and it causes them problems

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or they cannot tap into it

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at first , but then eventually their

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weakness becomes their strength when they

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accept it and they know how to utilize

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it to their own benefit and the benefit of people

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around them . I mean benefit of people

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around them . If you're the good guy in

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the movie or series

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, yeah , so that's what you do . So

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I think it's important for us

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to slowly distinguish

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what's our superpower , and

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it's mostly something that comes to you very

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naturally . It's probably something

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that you think that , oh , everyone has it , because

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you have it easily , you think everyone has

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it , but think

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about it a little deeper . It

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could be very simple . Let

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me give you a yoga example Doing

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yogi squats . Yogi

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squats so if

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you look it up , it's a form of

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basically sitting and your hip

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is not completely on

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the mat or on the floor . And

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this pose for me came so easily

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, like I just I didn't

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even think about it , like it was oh okay , yes

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, I'm here and this is so comfortable . And

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then when I was taking my teacher training

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course and we had to create

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a flow by the end of the course , I mean , we

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had to create multiple flows , but one of them , I included

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this one and then in my flow , I

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asked my classmates basically to

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stay in this pose for a while , for a few breaths , and then one of them started to feel a little

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uncomfortable , so they used the block . You can , you can do that . It's totally

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fine , it's very normal . You can use blocks

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when you do yoga . So she used block

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. And then for me , that's when it hit me . Oh my

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god , this is not an easy pose for everyone

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. Of course . Everyone has different

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bodies . You know , everyone has

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a different body . That's the correct way . So

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let's look

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at our skills that way

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. There are things that come

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to you so naturally that you think everyone is comfortable

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with it and everyone can do it . But that's not

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really the case and that's

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your strength normally

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. If you just focus

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, cultivate it and know how to use it

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, how to maximize

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it , then I believe you've found

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your superpower , and it's possible

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for a person to have multiple superpowers

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. But I believe there is one thing that

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really really naturally comes to you . For

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example , for my husband , he

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is really good in sales . For

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me that's not the case , but

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the way that he can sell anything

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to anyone , that's

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amazing . I always tell him like , oh my

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God , like this is amazing . And at

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first he was like , oh no , isn't that normal ? I was

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like , no , it's not normal . You know , for

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me , for example , logical thinking

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, or , you

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know , getting the trust of people

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who I work with , or the higher-ups , because

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of the way that I work , my work style

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, my dedication yeah , that comes naturally

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to me . But like selling , of course , or maybe

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I haven't explored it , maybe when I explore

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it I'm going to be good at it , but it didn't come

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to me naturally . It came to him

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very naturally . So what comes

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to me naturally is , I believe

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, consistency , resilience

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. I've noticed and I've

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heard from people who actually know me

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, not people who don't know me and have

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a lot of opinions excuse you , people

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who actually know me for a long time

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or they have spent a lot

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of time with me they've noticed that I

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keep going

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. I keep consistent , no

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matter how tired I am , no matter how burnt

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out I am , no matter how burnt out

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I am , no matter how which is not always

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a good thing , but it's just a trait no

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matter how hopeless I

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feel . But I just keep

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on going , because there's always a

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chance that it might work right , it

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might work . So let's

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continue . And when I say let's continue , I

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don't mean that try the same thing 100 times

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and expect to see a different

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result . No , it's okay

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. For example , you want to do something and you

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want to build a career . You pick something

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and then you

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are good at it at first and then , all of a sudden , you're not

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then accept I

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mean after a lot of deliberation but then

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I said , okay , maybe it's not something that I resonate

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with and

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don't consider it a failure . Learn from it . Let

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it be an experience and then move

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on to the next chapter . But just keep on going

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. Don't resign and stay at

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home or

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don't give up on the painting that you started and then you think that , oh , it's not

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going to look good or I don't't know

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. If you cook something the first time it didn't taste good

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doesn't mean it's not gonna taste good the second time or the

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third time . Something really nice

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I talked to

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my friend

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and his girlfriend is making cookies

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recently has a lot of potential . I mean it's small now

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, but we all believe that it has a lot of potential . It tastes really good and's small now , but we

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all believe that it has a lot of potential . It tastes really

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good . And my friend was saying that

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his girlfriend experimented about two weeks , two

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weeks . She kept on cooking and baking and

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, you know , failed , some failed . Then

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she realized what to add , things

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like that , basically , it took her two weeks

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to get the cookie that she likes . So

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it's important for you to recognize

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that . If you don't know what's your superpower

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, I have a suggestion Grab

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a pen and a paper or a pencil

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and a paper and

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maybe after this podcast or even

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now , write some

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things that you enjoy doing , some

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things that you already do and you enjoy doing

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, and write

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some things that you do and

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you don't necessarily have a feeling about it

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. It's not like you enjoy or you don't necessarily have a feeling about it . It's not like you enjoy or you don't . You

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just do it . For

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example , you're good with small talk . Or

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, for example , people like to share

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their deep secrets with you . From

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there , you

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can slowly distinguish

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what you're good at and

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try to imagine how you can make that

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better . For

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example , people tell you

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their deep secrets . I believe that

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means that you have empathy , you

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have compassion , and

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that you are a safe space

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to people around you and

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you do not

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abuse trust . Maybe

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that's your superpower , because , believe it or

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not , compassion doesn't come easy

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to everyone . From

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there , you can think

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of things that you will

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be able to do related to

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this power of yours or to this talent

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of yours . It could be

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just becoming

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a trustworthy

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person in your

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group of friends , or even more than that

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. Maybe you can become a

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psychiatrist , or maybe

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you can become a yoga teacher

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, or maybe you

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can become a life coach , maybe

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you can start a blog and things

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like that . Basically , you

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have to allow

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your mind to

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imagine . So when you

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realize that , okay , let's say I'm good in this

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thing , what can you do with it ? What can you do about

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it ? And something small

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. It doesn't have to be okay . The examples that I

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gave maybe they're like really long

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, they're the long journey , but it doesn't

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have to be like that for you . If it's hard

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to stay consistent , I suggest

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just setting very small

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, little achievable goals , very

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small . For example let's say this previous

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example you're good in feeling

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what other people feel , so reach

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out to a friend and

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allow them to

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talk to you . Or next time you see someone

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, someone that you haven't spent a lot of time like

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one of your friends , that you guys didn't have

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the time to open up to each other

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that much , but you think there is an opportunity

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, maybe start , uh , share about yourself

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, allow them to share about their own lives and

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see how you do with it . I mean , try to

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help them and also evaluate your own

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skill there and from there try to see how

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much you enjoy this , how much you enjoyed

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it , how much time you want to invest on

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this , and from there you can distinguish

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your superpowers . And

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when I say superpowers , try

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to block out all the opinions

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from the outside world first . Okay

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, first get your head straight , because

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there are things that sometimes you're good at something

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, but other people don't understand

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it , so they do not have positive

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opinions about it . For

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example , when I heard news

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before about the world and

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the unfortunate things

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that happened , it did actually affect

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me . Took me a lot of time to

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find that balance that I can feel

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for other people without completely

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feeling sad

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and grieving

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, even though I'm not the one who directly

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lost something , even though I do believe

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that the world is

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just one . We're all one

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. So there

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were people who didn't understand it because they

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did life differently . But that

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was my calling , that was my purpose in

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life , I believe so far until now

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and becoming a yoga

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teacher where I can allow people to

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feel in my presence and understand

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their own self and understand their own body

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and I help them recognize

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their potential in

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their mind and again in their

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body . So that resonates with that

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feeling of mine . So

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it's important for you to first really

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think about yourself , without the

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opinions of others , the things that you have

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heard , the things that you've read . Just

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think about what

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you think you are or how you

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think you are or who you think you are no

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judgment at all . Also , in yoga

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, when we start observing everything

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, I normally

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ask students to observe it

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without judging first . You know

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at the start of the class . So same here . When

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you want to observe yourself or you want to

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reflect on yourself , I suggest do

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not judge yourself , just

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observe Separate

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emotions first . We're talking about the brain

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part of the thing . Separate

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your emotions first and then later on maybe

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you can see how you feel about it when

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your mind is clear

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, and remember

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that here we're talking about things

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that make you and the world

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a better place . So if

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your superpower is something

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that does not benefit you or

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does not benefit the world as a whole

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, you might want to revisit it , because

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we want to shine

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, you know , we want to be the bright light

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in darkness . That's

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the whole purpose of being here , if

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you , because we can also use

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our superpowers in different ways

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, and it's important to use it in a positive

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way so that you feel positively

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about yourself and you basically

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see the

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positive consequences of your

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actions and choices . So when you're

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trying to nurture that superpower , nurture

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it in a way that is good for you first

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and also good for you , of

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good for the world second

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. And I believe

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when you know that one , you

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are a big , huge

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step closer to your own

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authentic self , and

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your authentic self is where you feel

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empowered , is where you're confident

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, is where you're

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resilient . So

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, yeah , I hope you enjoyed this

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episode and I hope that you

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take time to reflect

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on what could be your potential

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superpower and maybe

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throughout the next weeks or month

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, or even a year or more

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, try to see how you

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can improve that skill

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of yours and feel

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even more confident

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about yourself . Know that you're unique

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. There is no one like you and you

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are needed just the way that you are

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. If you're not going to be you , no

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one's going to be you , and we need you in this world

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. Thank you for listening . Thank

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you , dear listeners , for joining

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me on this empowering journey

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today . As we conclude this episode

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, remember that your potential

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is boundless and your journey

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to a more fulfilling life has

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only just begun . I'm

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