Never Fully Heard #12 - Vulnerability, Equation Of Life & Principles

The 5-minute mental health newsletter.

Never Fully Heard is a space for men to listen to and engage in open, vulnerable & uncomfortable conversations to help improve their mental health being.

In today's edition:

• Episode 4: Vulnerability is a strength with Byron Donovan

• Self-reflection question of the week: What would have to be true about the way you live your life over the next 10 years for you to be proud & happy looking back at it

• Article of the week: Principles for living - An operating system for life

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It's Sunday, let's go!

Before reading I want you to do four box breaths.

Exhale to a count of four, holding your lungs empty for a four-count, inhaling at the same pace, and holding air in your lungs for a count of four before exhaling.

Repeat 4 times.

E004: Vulnerability is a strength with Byron Donovan

Link to podcast here

Some of the topics we cover include:

• Breakups

• Anxiety

• Impact of social media

• Holding space for tough conversations

• Being judged for setting boundaries

• The stigma around mental health

Where do I find out more about Byron

https://www.linkedin.com/in/byrondonovangm/

❓Self-reflection question ❓

Fast forward ten years...

You are now looking back on the last decade of your life.

What would have to be true about the way you lived & the actions you took in order for you to go wow I fucking lived live to the full with no regrets?

I love this question because it forces you to reflect on the core pillars that you want to have in your life for the equation to add up to love, happiness & fulfilment.

So the challenge this week is to journal using this question as the prompt.

Then in order to put this work into action, ask yourself another question.

No bullshit. What would it take in order for me to make my life reflect this?

Go make it happen.

📝Article of the week

Principles For Living: An Operating System for Life

1. Direction over speed

2. Live deliberately

3. Thoughtful opinions loosely held

4. Principles outlive tactics

5. Own your actions

“Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary..”

— Steve Jobs

Link to full article here

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