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Dr Donna Blevins's avatar

@Patti Petersen thank you so much for sharing! 💜

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Cindy the “Psycho” Therapist 😉's avatar

Donna!!! I LOVE 💕 the term Doubt Dickhead- I am going to use that when talking to my therapy clients about their inner critics. The humor of it is disarming. Thanks for sharing this beautiful piece!

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Dr Donna Blevins's avatar

Thank you Cindy! I kept asking what is his name, and yes, my doubter is masculine 🤣

Once I asked once and shut up, his moniker surfaces.

Yep! Doubt Dickhead is his name ✅

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Lynn Reilly's avatar

I adore you and ALL your words. Please, please, please keep sharing sans muffle! It’s gorgeous.

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Dr Donna Blevins's avatar

You continue to make me grin ear-to-ear, Lynn! I feel like the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland. I'm here to help, and you continue to confirm I am doing what I am supposed to do.

Consider yourself hugged ;-)

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Lynn Reilly's avatar

😁

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Dr Donna Blevins's avatar

♠️🤗❤️🤗♣️🤗♦️

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Linda Gumper's avatar

Yor honesty makes all the difference. Thanks for sharing mindset shit still happens to you. I was driving today cussing out people for dangerous driving. I got you in my head reminding me self talk. It is actually the chapter this week. I reframed the cussing. I even wished the a safe drive.😁

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Dr Donna Blevins's avatar

Oh, so glad to hear that the MindShifting method took hold, Linda! I am profoundly proud of you. Reframing is magical or magikal :-)

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Ruthie Urman's avatar

Unmuffled…love it. Love you. (And I RARELY say that right off the bat 🦇.)

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Dr Donna Blevins's avatar

My mouth muffler came off near a year ago just after I turned 75. I was sick and tired of staying quiet, but I never expected to unpack my locked suitcase 😜

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Vladyslav Shalimov's avatar

Hey, for me as for 34y old player ( who actually taking a long break from poker rn ) it’s a pleasure to be you subscriber. IMO it’s impressive that poker has such important impact in you life at your age, because I see myself some kind of a blogger/influencer or populasitator of that game in future. I often visit Central Asia countries and facing with a lot of stereotypes there about poker)

I am new author here, and my plan was to share ideas out of poker and markets, but I changed it and last pot was about poker) so I will post about poker a lot probably, it will be a honor for me if you subscribe on my Substack and give me couple advices maybe even in dm about how to grow Substack without being active in any other social platforms

Thank you for attention!

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Dr Donna Blevins's avatar

I'll follow you V, and I look forward to seeing writing that is you.

DM contact is reserved for clients

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Camila Better, PhD's avatar

And that's how we treat Doubt Dickhead 💪 put him right back to his corner

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Dr Donna Blevins's avatar

That's exactly what my first desire is, Cam, but the funny thing is once we have a "sit down" and have a meeting of the minds, his power begins to wane.

But I still want to knock him out! LOL

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Karine Schomer's avatar

Donna, your persistent personal truth-telling is remarkable. And the persistent life-force that comes across from you is too.

I don't often resonate to the specifics of the stories you tell - because so different from (and more gut-wrenching) than mine. But your determination to keep on expressing what in you wants to be expressed is something with which I identify completely.

Along with the little doubt gremlins that try to say "what you're doing is not worth it!"

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Dr Donna Blevins's avatar

Thank you so much for restacking from your comment! See! I told you that you are technically savvy.

Look, we, as technology immigrants, take a bit longer to understand the process, but when we do, we get it!

I am so proud of you and am giving you a bi-coastal Big Girl hug :-D

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Therese Ralston's avatar

They say every person on earth has five deep, dark secrets they never ever tell.

Maybe so, but I never thought I'd hear anyone say the big reveal is orgasmic!

Good on you for being the bravest woman I know.

The show I think yould love is called Poker Face…a compelling series.

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