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486 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 5, 2022
The Wim Hof Method's dirty little secret - the reason, I suspect, it has gained such popularity - is that it's basically autoerotic asphyxiation without the wanking.
The more we cling to certainty, the less amenable we are to the benign doubt that leads to change.
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When you ask an anxiety sufferer to give up their fear, what new reality are you offering in exchange?
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Psychologist and founder of person-centred therapy Carl Rogers put it like this: 'The curious paradox is that when I accept myself as I am, then I change. I believe that I have learned this from my clients as well as within my own experience - that we cannot change, we cannot move away from what we are, until we thoroughly accept what we are. Then change seems to come about almost unnoticed.'
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What I've discovered is that the opposite of anxiety isn't comfort. It's curiosity. It's appetite. It's moving towards things that make you feel alive and embracing them, while doing your best to accept that things will go wrong.