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The Science of Mindfulness (with Dr. Ronald Siegel)

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Courage Is Not About Not Feeling Afraid

You may think that you are just gravitating to security. But this may be like a kind of imprisonment, right? I mean, youre you're limiting yourself. Youre living in fear. Courage is about doing what you think you need to do or want to do, even as you're frightened doing it. Most of us imagine that courage means not feeling afraid. So mindfulness teaches us a kind of courage which is about the courage of flexibility. And ultimately, i it's a much more robust kind of courage.

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