Your Playing Small Doesn't Serve the World

Enchanted Beast Podcast

In this episode, Ella concludes the 3-part series, How Being Overly Humble is Detrimental to Your Soul's Purpose.

Key Points

“ALICE
She drank from a bottle called DRINK ME
And she grew so tall,
She ate from a plate called TASTE ME
And down she shrank so small.
And so she changed, while other folks
Never tried nothin' at all.”
― Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends

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What the hell was in that damn drink?

DEFENSIVENESS—the need to defend or protect against.

REACTIONARY—opposing social reform; traditionalist, rightest

INTORVERSION—being wholly interested in one’s own mental life

NEUROTIC—filled with anxiety, nervousness, phobias, fear and visceral disturbances

KINDERHEARTED—having a soft heart; empathetic and benevolent

MANIPULATIVE—using what is weakest to one’s advantage; taking advantage of

ENTITLEMENT—the belief in one being deserving of special treatment; gifts

GREED—wanting more than is needed; what is worked for

RAGE—unadulterated anger and consuming wrath

OBSTINENCE-- sticking to an opinion or purpose in spite of reason, or persuasion

WILLFULLNESS—of an immoral act of omission; intentional; deliberate

TEMPTATION—the desire to do something wrong or unwise

ALIENATION—the experience of being isolated from one’s group or activity

LAZINESS—unwillingness to work or use energy; a state of idleness

LONLINESS—abandonment, sadness because of lack of friends

What the hell's been happening?

Digital—spending too much time on social media

Emotional—taking on the emotional stress of others

Spiritual—neglecting my own practices

Timidity—moving in fear and acting small

Reluctance—overthinking things and not acting

Anger—fear of failure, ridicule and abandonment

Carelessness—inattention to what’s happening with me

Tiredness—physical fatigue based in doing too much

Intimacy Drought—lack of true relationship with self

Overwhelmed—focused on what I can’t control

Negativity—environment saturated with dense e-motion

Statis Quo—acceptance of what always is

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What have I been feeding my Enchanted BEAST?

Threatening—causing anxiety

Altering—change; different

Suspicious—questioning; mistrust

Tantalizing—interested; alluring

Enigmatic—confusing; charmed

Mimicking—looks good for

Enthralling—magnetic; pulling

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