The Weekly Dose: Nice vs kind, acceptance as love & how to enter into the work
3 Reflections From My Week
1.
When you try to fix, save, or rescue others by being nice, you block the full potential of the relationship, whether it’s with a friend, employee, or partner.
But when you’re kind, it can unlock trust, deepen connection, and invite the introspection (and evolution) that comes from being a mirror.
Kindness = truth + compassion = clean truth-telling
2.
Acceptance is one the deepest expressions of love.
We try to control each other to avoid our own discomfort. But the freedom we really desire comes from surrendering and trusting life.
Read more in my post about my dad’s 94th birthday.
3.
The way you enter the work is just as important as the way you do the work.
If you enter with all-or-nothing thinking, you’ll end up disappointed and judging yourself for not doing or being enough.
But if you enter the work celebrating every single 1% insight and shift, you’ll open yourself to the endless possibilities ahead.
2 Questions For You
Where did you learn to be nice?
What is in the way of you being kind?
1 Thing I’m Obsessed With
I started eating keto again after a 5-year break, and immediately felt a boost in energy and focus. That led me down a carnivore diet rabbit hole and the research I found blew my mind.
I’ve been experimenting with a mix of both (mostly carnivore) over the past week and… I feel amazing.
If you're curious, check out this episode of The Diary of a CEO, where a psychiatrist shares powerful insights on the connection between food and mental health.
Spoiler: Her patients, and research studies, show that people with mental illnesses have experienced full remission.
Big love,
Po
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