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41. How to Reinvent Yourself: Jenny Valentish, author of ‘Everything Harder’ [reads] Giraldi’s ‘The Hero’s Body’

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The Paradox of Goal-Orientedness

The way that you and your coaches will talk about your body, it's all about outsourcing it to an objectifying it so it's not part of you. Do you find for you, Jenny, there's a place you can reach of satisfaction, or are you always on a quest? I call them natural born leg jigglers, but they're also goal oriented,. But the paradox of being very goal oriented is goals have disappointment built into them. And need a replacement, or you don't, and then you're disappointed in berating yourself.

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