What I Shared and Saved in October ✨

Thoughts, notes, and bits that made me 1% Wiser this month.

Every month, I come across ideas, quotes, and conversations that stay with me a little longer than the rest. Some I share with friends, others I save to enjoy again later.

This is a small collection of both: What I shared and saved in October. The thoughts, notes, and bits that made me 1% wiser this month.

Maybe one of them will do the same for you✨

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1. The comment that says it ALL

By Krista Cumming

This comment made me pause.
I’ve been going through some tricky personal stuff, and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve returned to Krista’s insight.
I even turned it into a little mantra: “I can handle disappointment.” It helped.
Thank you, Krista 🙏🏻

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2. A quote I loved:

By Steven Thistle - Healing Coach

Click here for the full post: Tools Required to Heal the Mind & Body From Trauma

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3. A podcast episode I told all my friends about:

#931 - Arthur Brooks - Harvard Professor Reveals The Secret To Lasting Love & Happiness from Modern Wisdom by Chris Williamson

Here’s my favorite part (minute 48:05):

Anxiety is unfocused fear. That’s the best definition of anxiety.
Fear in the ancestral environment was supposed to be episodic and intense and rare. You didn’t feel fear that often but when you did, man, it was all on.

You heard a snap of a twig behind you, you take off running and climb a tree. Whatever it happened to be.
In the modern environment, fear is chronic and mild.
And the reason is because there’s nothing trying to chase us down and kill us. That’s very rare.
On the other hand, there’s Twitter, which feels like it’s stalking us.
It’s social media, it’s the modern environment, it’s stressful, it’s cars honking, it’s whatever it is […].

Then Dr. Brooks goes on to explain how to deal with anxiety by turning it into fear and effectively shutting it down, in four simple steps. Brilliant stuff.

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4. A Story from Alan Watts That Helps Me Stay Calm and Positive

By Ellina Sukh

For when life feels hard.
A favorite from the summer that I reread this month. Still as soothing as ever.

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5. This refreshing perspective on Imposter Syndrome:

From this conversation between Jari Roomer and Corey Wilks, Psy.D.

What if we looked at imposter syndrome in a new way? As a sign that we’re levelling up.
It’s actually logical, when you think about it.
It’s okay to feel that I don’t belong in certain rooms.
Isn’t that an awesome place to be anyways? To feel inspired? To see what’s possible?

Of course we’ll feel intimidated when surrounded by people that are further along their path than us. There’s nothing wrong with that.
In a way, we can choose to befriend our imposter syndrome, and see it as excellent news: A sign of growth.

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6. Detached or Non-attached? Important Difference

By Paul Dalton (dharma⌁licious)

In this beautiful piece, Paul asks a thoughtful question:

What would you allow yourself to attempt in life if you knew you didn’t have to be unhappy if it didn’t work out?

This part rang painfully true to me:

Being detached means not letting yourself get your hopes up or, when things are going well, waiting for the other shoe to drop. While being non-attached allows us to take in and savour the good whenever it’s here, for as long as it’s here, but also gracefully letting it pass, as all things must.

I loved the idea of gracefully letting the good pass, recognizing and being at peace with the fact that all things must. It’s the opposite of clinging, of scarcity, and somehow, of fear too. To me, it sounds like the perfect recipe for inner calm.

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That’s it for this month’s collection! If one of them stays with you too, then it’s done its job ✨

Here’s to getting 1% wiser, one idea at a time.

What’s one idea, quote, or moment that made you 1% wiser this month? Let me know in the comments👇🏼