{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 109 - Stop Allowing Your Ego to Abuse You, Confuse You, Upset You, & Distract You","description":"If someone else in your life talked to you the way your ego does, you would call it abuse. So why do we allow it? Why are we complicit? This episode turns the question directly on the listener. Why are you allowing your ego to confuse you, to upset you, to distract you, to eject you from the present moment? Just sitting with that question is part of the gap, part of the pause, part of the practice. Inside, a look at hypervigilance and what it costs you, drawn from observations of patients whose nervous systems never stop scanning, tracking, preparing, waiting for the next shoe to drop. It is exhausting, and it is happening in present moments where you are safe and secure. The message is not that this is wrong or bad. It is that it is time to see it, and time to stop it. All is well in this present moment, and all is unfolding exactly as it should. Remember, you have a choice. Choose to be Present! ","author_name":"Are You Being Present?","author_url":"https:\/\/www.areyoubeingpresent.com","html":"