Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) June/July 2020 Aspire Magazine FULL Issue | Page 24
LIVING a
Soul-Hearted
LIFE
5 SACRED PRACTICES TO HELP YOU
Embrace
Your
Divine
Imperfections
BY DR. DEBRA REBLE
“A (sacred) warrior is not about
perfection or victory or invulnerability.
(She’s) about absolute vulnerability.
That’s the only true courage.” I have
this quote from the book, The Peaceful
Warrior, written on a neon pink Post-It
note on my desk. It’s a sacred reminder
for me to let go of trying to be perfect
especially when I’m putting myself or my
creative work out into the world.
Perfectionism is one of the patterns I have
struggled with my whole life. Growing
up, whenever I couldn’t do something
perfectly the first time, I would give up
rather than risk failure. I withdrew into
disappointment and ultimately, shame. I
absorbed the negative beliefs that I was
unlovable, not good enough, or unworthy
that triggered these feelings of shame.
Wearing this cloak of shame. I made
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