From anxiously falling over my words

Hey brother,

it’s my last day here in Tbilisi so I’m writing you this with gratefulness and a hint of sadness.

I’m going home for Christmas.

It’s the time when you snuggle up on the couch with a Harry Potter marathon.

So in this fashion, I will share with you the one magical sentence that changed the interaction I had with this pretty girl from Russia.

and no, it’s not Wingardium Leviosa.

On my way home from boxing training I see this girl passing by.

She is pretty and I want to talk with her to test out this new thing I’ve been integrating into my inner child.

As I say hello, she stops and for the next 20 seconds I’m fumbling over my words and it sounds something like

“So yeah, uhm, you’re from Russia yeah? That’s cool I guess”

Sounds familiar? Well that’s how cringy it was going.

Then I remember my intention for approaching her, which was this affirmation that I’ve been working on integrating.

And before I share it with you, please be aware of not just saying it, but actually feeling and MEANING it.

If you just say it, you’ll be like Ronnie in the first couple movies.

But, if you do like I did it with a strong intention (it takes practice) you will not only impress your teacher like Herminie, but you’ll experience a feeling of safety like never before.

Ready? Here it is

“I love and accept myself exactly as I am, without needing the approval from anyone else” 

Suddenly, everything changed.

I’m no longer nervous.

Why would I be? She’s just a girl.

There is no threat and I’m not looking to her for safety because I’m approving of myself.

I start walking and she follows.

We banter back and forth about her online job.

Me: So you’re doing marketing? Do you mean…onlyfans?

She laughs.

Her: Haha no! And what do you do?

Me: Well, I also work online and I do marketing too.. I market myself

we laugh.

From there I lead her towards home because we seemed to be going the same way and at a crossroad I said bye and went home to my girlfriend.

The point to practice this affirmation with intention in the mirror and then remembering to give yourself the approval while interacting with anyone, especially the pretty girl.

Because man, honestly… why are you afraid?

You already have a job, take care of yourself and look decently good. Why do you need her and her approval?

You don’t - but it’s deep inside your subconscious from when you were a child.

That’s why you need to balance the outer work with the inner work, which is exactly what we’re doing inside Raw Authenticity.

There’s 5 days left if you want to join us before we close the doors until 2025.

See you tomorrow,

Edin