Carolina Perez Sanz
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#68 – Who makes you want to explain yourself?
In April of 2022 I “broke up” with my sister. I didn’t realize it then, but…
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#67 – Who needs to understand?
Last evening, I took a walk with my husband by the beach. The tropical rain caught…
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#66 – Thoughts aren’t the problem; our attachment to them is
When you realize it’s just another thought […], then you can have a spacious relationship with…
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#65 – ChiRunning to empty your mind
Yesterday, I discussed how Level 3 listening teaches us to be present with others and ourselves.…
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#64 – 3 practices that keep my mind empty (Part 1)
I noticed that it was excess thinking, not a lack of English vocabulary, that made me…
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63 – What’s so disquieting about an empty mind?
“And replace it with what?,” the client asked after we’d worked through the “Who would you…
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#61 – Who would you be without that thought?
Back in 2019, a coach asked me this question when I told her, “My boss doesn’t…
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#60 – Pushback on your boundaries doesn’t mean you’re wrong
Judging by the amount of self-help books, podcasts, articles, and webinars devoted to it, setting healthy…
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#59 – Pain is the messenger; how do I stop suffering?
In various spiritual practices, the experience of pain is considered a wake-up call. Pain shows up…
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#58 – What are you seeing that isn’t there?
Me? I saw mockery in someone’s eyes. Boredom in another’s. Disappointment and eye-rolls coming from 12…
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#57 – What makes you quit?
I’ve heard it many times: “I’m going to write a Substack for 100 days in a…
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#56 – What I learned receiving my first tip at 54
Today, a buyer tipped me $20. Not having worked in a tipping environment before, her gesture…
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#55 – Want to have a bigger impact? Stop hiding
A client realized yesterday she’d been hiding. Hiding had prevented her from having the impact she…
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#54 – What if nothing I see means anything?
If nothing I see means anything, then I’m free. The first time I washed my hair…
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#53 – What would be available to you if you let go?
Letting go doesn’t mean quitting or giving up. It means unclenching your fists when things don’t…
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#52 – The writer and the mind
Sitting at the desk my mother bought for me at the thrift shop, I noticed how…
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#51 – And what about feelings?
You know that passive-aggressive person in your life, who pouts and sulks whenever they can’t have…
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#50 – What makes the Ghost of Idea Deflection go to work?
When we don’t question our thoughts, we keep thinking them without being aware. We think them…
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#49 – Your thoughts are real, but are they true?
A reader asked, “How do you erase them, though?” She was responding to my prompt, “What…
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#48 – What do you stand to lose if you don’t stand up for yourself?
Leo Lukenas, 25, died on May 2 after working more than 100 hours a week for…
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#47 – How generous are you… in receiving?
Most people love giving. It makes us feel generous, expansive, thoughtful. The warmth in our heart…
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#46 – Your toughest opponent in your sales negotiations?
It’s you. And it has to stop, if you ever want to stop underearning for good.…
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#45 – The real reason setting boundaries feels hard
It’s not you – it’s them. If you’ve been “educated” (like I have) to feel responsible…
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#44 – Are you trying to help or is this contempt?
The line between contempt and helpfulness can be blurry. A few months ago, a business deal…
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#43–Why do we “hate” selling, really?
Selling is leading (in a way). When we choose ourselves to lead, it’s like declaring to…
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#42–Why do we “hate” selling?
“I don’t want to be pushy,” my friend A.K. responded when I said she’d make a…
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#41–Who inspires you to expand yourself?
My son started his first real job on Monday, and because it’s a sales job, I…
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#40–Is it frugality or self-deprivation?
“I don’t want to feel like a poor child.” That’s what my father responded one Christmas…
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#39–How does the Ghost of Time Indifference keep you stuck?
You want something very badly. And yet, you don’t take action. Sounds familiar? Take me, for…
Carolina Perez Sanz 