You lost me is this a soccer reference?
Thought this was flame free !! Lmao
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That was an old photo, these days I would look more like I ate Berardi 
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Thanks! I needed a good laugh today.
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Donāt you start, I expect better from you.
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Thatās okay, I have a sweater that looks like a shot and skinned a rug 
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A long time ago, during a comedy festival, it was the middle of the day and I was waiting for the bus.
Coming down the road was this absolutely stunning woman wearing some very skimpy clothes. My eyes were fixed on this woman and as she approached. At some point, I realise there is a guy with her and I look in his direction.
Unsurprisingly, he was giving me the biggest stink eye in history. But my eyes went back to the woman as she walked past and awayā¦ How could they not?
Then I noticed that the guy is still stink eyeing me as he was walking away. Then I thought ādamn that guy looks familiarā, then āHoly Shit, thatās the Amazing Johnathan!!ā.
I decided not to follow him and ask for an autographā¦ He does a killer stink eye.
Havenāt been in a few years but, Mandalay Bay has an aquarium in it. I enjoyed it, even got to pet the baby critters. Sharks, turtles snakes, lizzards. I think for enough money you can even dive with the sharks.
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Thatās freakinā awesome.
@EmilyQ Figured Iād swing back, since I finished āCanāt Hurt Meā a while back.
Though I canāt speak to the motivating aspect, I can say that the book is certainly inspiring, primarily because the author does a great job detailing just how flawed and human he is through out the book. Thereās never just one moment where he flips a switch and is suddenly super human, and the book doesnāt follow a predictable ā3 actā format, but instead there are persistent highs and lows, successes and failures, and ultimately it goes to show the reader (if theyāre paying attention) that regular, flawed, broken people can do INCREDIBLE things when they get their mind right.
Iām still a big fan of how much Gogggins says he doesnāt like training or being uncomfortable or running ultramarathons. I think itās a helpful rhetoric for people out there that think theyāre broken because they donāt enjoy the process of self-improvement. As cool as it is to say that we live training and we love it and itās the best thing in the world, I find a lot of people think there must be something wrong with them if they donāt feel that way. If more people hear that people doing great things are ALSO suffering to accomplish them, suffering will become less taboo.
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So do I.
Iāve talked on here about some of my problems and how I addresses them, and part of that is speaking to groups publicly/semi-publicly.
In this I touch on self examination and meditation, and the difficulty Iāve had confronting myself and some of the inner workings that need improvement. People are always surprised and relieved to hear from someone else (not that Iām really anybody special or recognized) that the whole inner peace ohm floating stuff is mostly bullshit or pre conceived notions about what is āsupposed to happenā when one meditates, and the reality is that if youāre doing it with this intention and for this purposeāItās actually very difficult and often disturbing. If it isnāt, then why would you bother? Your inner demons are vanquished, time to get another hobby.
Females always be like, their burden is just so much more than males, especially childbirth, which is definitely just as hard for the males. Total emotional roller coaster for us guys. And donāt get me started on manflu denial. That there is some serious human rights abuseā¦
I may have started us down this path of conversation, but youāre on your own now buddy, lol
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You canāt see this, but Iām hiding behind youā¦
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@Cyrrex is completely right, women have it too easy!
They can freely manipulate their hormones (birth control) but if I want to put a needle in my butt for gainz then suddenly Iām a criminal?!?
And Iāve seen plenty of older women at work flaunting their beards but mine is somehow āunprofessional.ā
Iāll say it again, I stand with @Cyrrex for equality!
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Fine, I guess I am the anointed leader, much against my will.
Um, so. What is up with women getting all pregnant just so they can get all those hormones and increased gainz? Very unfair. Thatās probably why all women have better biceps than me.
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That and from supporting our egos.
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Thank you for writing this out, and for your last post.
I am weirdly good at motivating myself and others, so I was more wondering if there might be anything particularly transferable in it for my clients, which it sounds like is not really the thing.
This is sort of how I run therapy for the right kind of client.
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That really just targets shoulders, I think.