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    It is Okay to Not Be Okay

    by Kass Thomas Jun 30, 2021 6 minutes
    It is Okay to Not Be Okay by Kass Thomas. Photograph of a silhouetted person deep in thought against a colorful background by Gift Habeshaw.
    Photograph by Gift Habeshaw

    Estimated reading time: 8 minutes

    In our busy lives, we often bypass our emotions for the sake of ‘doing’, but our wellbeing pays a steep price; it’s time to shift that cycle.

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    Sometimes we are so busy taking care of business that we forget about taking care of ourselves. My titles convey the impression that I am okay in the best sense of the word. I am a motivational speaker, author, life coach and an Access Consciousness facilitator (a life coaching empowerment modality). In essence, these terminologies indicate I am a positive person. Almost, all the time. It seems I am one who can fix any unfavorable situation by casting a spell with a magical wand of positivity over it. Better still, I can sprinkle a few feel-good words and spruce up a conversation to cheer up someone who is feeling low or sad.

    And voila, all of life is pink and shiny again. This presumption cannot be farther from the truth.

    To let you in on a nugget of irony — my latest, starts with an incident depicting how disconnected I was from my own truth at one point in time. Let me share an excerpt of that chapter here. You will understand better what I mean: 

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