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Robin Blackburn McBride's avatar

Love this, Cathy! So much value here. Thanks for sharing your humour, sense of irony, and wisdom. Your podcast looks wonderful!

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Cathy Jacob's avatar

You are so welcome, Robin!

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Cathy Jacob's avatar

lol. I think we have much in common.

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Lou Blaser's avatar

Cathy, this made me feel wildly seen! I laughed, I winced, I nodded. The Committee lives rent-free in my brain too, by the way. And yes, it has extremely strong opinions about “doing less better”... usually by suggesting I do just one more thing. 😂

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Melanie Starr's avatar

Oh yes, I can relate! Are you familiar with Human Design? You may find it interesting and useful. Chances are good that you are a “manifesting generator,” a multi passionate individual with an insatiable appetite to explore a range of ideas, interests and projects. You can’t really fight it, it’s more a matter of harnessing and directing the energy in a way that works for you :-)

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Cathy Jacob's avatar

Hi Mel, so good to see you here! I am NOT familiar with Human Design! But I LOVE "manifesting generator," especially the manifesting part,😊😊! I know I do a lot of generating! If you have a link, please share!

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Melanie Starr's avatar

I thought you might be interested ;-)

There is a plethora of information on YouTube about manifesting generators and every other human design, but the first step is to get your chart. Here is a good website for that: https://www.veronicamezzettidraia.com/

Have fun with it! :-D

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Cathy Jacob's avatar

Thank you! I will!

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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

I can relate, very much so!! I have also fallen in love with Jennie 💛

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Marika Páez Wiesen's avatar

I really appreciated reading Oliver Burkeman’s thoughts on this topic in Meditation for Mortals. Appreciating our very human zest for life while accepting our limitations can be a fun paradox to play with, as long as we remind ourselves there’s nothing to “figure out”… nothing’s gone “wrong” when we can’t do it all! 🤪

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Cathy Jacob's avatar

Four Thousand Weeks is one of my all time favorite books. I love Burkeman! I have not yet read Meditations for Mortals, but you've inspired me to pick it up! Thanks you!

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Marika Páez Wiesen's avatar

I think you’ll love it!

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Jennie O'Connor's avatar

Wow, this is so good, I want to use it as a testimonial!

First of all, THANK YOU for such a lovely shout-out. It thrills me that what I wrote resonated with you because saving multipassionates from ourselves is my entire reason for being. It's a gift and a curse loving everything. I wouldn't have it any other way, but I spent 40 years beating myself up about it.

I read Essentialism and ended up with a list so long it debunked the entire premise. I want those hours of my life back 🤣

I especially love what you added to the conversation--that self-awareness is our most powerful weapon. It really is the key to everything.

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Cathy Jacob's avatar

Thank you, Jennie. I'm so glad you liked it, and please, full permission to use it as a testimonial!

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