When I accept myself just as I am, I change.

<p>💿 *Get my best practical ideas in your inbox (free)⇢*</p><p>→ Sign up: https://www.muchelleb.com.au/newsletter-signup</p><p><br></p><p>☁️ *Join the Intention Community (it&#39;s replaced the Intention app)! ⇢*</p><p>→  _Every month, two brand-new tools (meditations, worksheets, videos, etc) drop, usually built around a recent video - so that you can take what you’ve learned and do something with it._</p><p>→ Join: https://intentioncommunity.circle.so/</p><p><br></p><p>🪞 *Organise your Life with the Calm Productivity Notion Pack. ⇢*</p><p>→ _&quot;This notion pack is amazing!! I feel like it’s changing my life already and I’ve never been so impressed by a product.&quot; Alice Joyce_</p><p>→ Get the pack: https://shop.muchelleb.com.au/products/the-calm-productivity-notion-pack</p><p><br></p><p>🍧 *I post more of this kind of thing on Instagram ⇢*</p><p>→ Follow me: http://instagram.com/muchelleb</p><p><br></p><p>💭 *Video timeline ⇢*</p><p><br></p><p>00:00 The Acceptance Paradox</p><p>00:29 What is &quot;acceptance&quot;?</p><p>01:18 Meredith and the sickness</p><p>02:27 The welcome mat mindset</p><p>03:04 The goal beneath the goal</p><p>04:51 To accept is to observe without judgment</p><p>06:19 The Forever Exercise</p><p><br></p><p>🔗 *You think this video just fell out of a coconut tree? It exists in the context... ⇢*</p><p>🔗 This video title was inspired of course, by the original Carl Rogers quote, but also by the lovely Anna Howard, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLsjepPZKd0, alongside the substack article of the same name, https://www.henrikkarlsson.xyz/p/diaries - I made a point not to read or watch either of theseee because I am far too scared of accidental plagiarism, but as soon as I saw that video title I was like oh, I have things to say.</p><p>🔗 The story of Meredith was from a book by Brad Stulberg, Master of Change: https://www.amazon.com.au/Master-Change-Everything-Changing-Including-ebook/dp/B0DG48NL6P/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_w=qOJjF&amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.7153b2d3-487c-46f2-9cd8-b060e652f2e8&amp;pf_rd_p=7153b2d3-487c-46f2-9cd8-b060e652f2e8&amp;pf_rd_r=355-7641594-2976438&amp;pd_rd_wg=6K41W&amp;pd_rd_r=06e3a135-9507-431f-9d55-e6b90ee4f7a8</p><p>🔗 The altered story of Marjorie was from Lance Dodes work, which I highly recommend: https://www.amazon.com.au/Breaking-Addiction-7-Step-Handbook-Ending-ebook/dp/B004HD61JK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=DXE9HIBJ3N1Q&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1kxyD7yNzHnY_UJtzGX_6ZoZe9iG5LCEQR9eUHiYL0q2LG8j_oTHTimNqyrpDSFe.9