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Steven Foster's avatar

Ah this exercise was powerful. Reminded me of why in Spanish instead of saying things like "I am hungry", we say "I have hunger". I didn't realize all the value I had in that mind shift until I read this piece. As always, I feel I have grown abundantly wealthy every time I read you work. Well done.

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Chris Cordry, LMFT's avatar

I'm glad you found the exercise helpful, Steven! And thanks for the kind words about my writing. That's an interesting point about Spanish grammar. (From what I remember, it's the same in French.) Sometimes I have clients go through an exercise where they go from "I am (angry, for example)," to "I feel anger," to "I am aware of feeling anger," to "I am aware." It's a big shift in the subjective experience!

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