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Radical Acceptance

It's not enough to learn to use your strengths. You must accept yourself as you are - no ifs, ands, or buts. This radical acceptance will become your superpower, and you will no longer need to use people or distractions to treat your insecurities. Accepting yourself is a sort of re-parenting that reminds you that you are lovable, you have intrinsic worth, and you belong (if not here, then somewhere else). Most importantly, you remember these 3 truths:
1. You matter (not more or less than others - just as much)
2. You have always been good enough (so you start acting like it)
3. You can trust in the beauty and goodness of who you really are (so you stop listening to everyone else, and instead turn inward).
Everything we do in the world should serve these truths. And if we are parents, we must raise our children in such a way that they do not ever abandon or reject themselves.

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