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GUILT TRIP: THE POWERFUL DELUSION THAT WILL MAKE US SHRINK
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GUILT TRIP: THE POWERFUL DELUSION THAT WILL MAKE US SHRINK

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Donna McArthur
Mar 09, 2025
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Recently I’ve been struggling to write about personal growth when, for many of us, it feels like our world is imploding and we are at a loss of what to do about it.

Wrestling with a concept like guilt seems like a misallocation of effort when perhaps I could be writing about bigger solutions to human problems — that would be if I had any bigger solutions! When it comes down to it, the foundation of most issues we face might lie in a lack of self-awareness and personal responsibility. These things call for resilience, trust, a lack of rigidity and a need to set our ego and righteousness aside in order to look at the bigger picture.

📸my son, J Swallow

It’s this call for self-awareness that keeps me here writing. (You, Honeybun, also keep me here — so thank you for your presence). It’s my goal to offer tools for inner exploration that foster growth & change because it’s our inner journey that enables us to view the world with greater compassion while staying true to our values and integr…

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