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Jul 2021
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55. Finding Calm in the Chaos: How to Ac...

Monica Berg and Michael Berg
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There are always challenges in life, and there are also always thought processes that can help us find comfort in those dark times and even become stronger for it. Listen as Michael and Monica discuss viewing life in its totality – rather than defining our lives by singular events – and how in doing so, we can look beyond the false narratives our ego builds and truly become the creators of our story.


A problem is but one paragraph of a chapter in the story of our lives; it’s nonsensical to fall into the lie that this paragraph is everything. – Michael Berg


Further readings:

The Comfort Book by Matt Haig

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