Do Hard Things

He did not pretend to be anything other than he was.” Be who you are. That’s real toughness.

embracing our feelings and emotions as information,

to venture away from and come back to. We can handle fear and pressure because we know that if we do fail, we will still be loved and valued.

Real toughness is about acceptance: of who you are, what you’re going through, and the discomfort that often comes with it. It’s living in that place of tension so that the needed space can be created to find the best path forward.

But, according to the latest theories in exercise science, how close to zero we get is variable.

Real toughness is coming to terms with who we are and what we face, and making sense of and finding meaning in that struggle.

we possess another response that helps us build trust and belonging: the calm-and-connect system.

thought is a thought, and some are meaningless.

We’ve fallen for the appearance without the substance.