Back away from overwhelm. Because when you just utter that word, you cast doubt on your capacity to rise.

Ban “overwhelmed” from your vocabulary. Refuse it entry to your psyche. You’re bigger than that.

Just be, you know, whelmed.

Whelmed. Not at full capacity, rather, full of capacity.

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