Personal Growth and Learning to Let Go - WITH SPECIAL GUEST! 

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Perfect timing. I'm now trying to shed the belief that my life can't be good

I love the shedding skin analogy. Beautiful snake, great name

Wow. this was such a great video at just the right time. Thank you. Penny is phenomenal. Shedding makes so much sense. For snakes and for us.

Sending Happy Birthday wishes sweet infj plant fam. 🥳🎉🎈🎂🎁🍰🪴🐍🐍🐍🦎😻😻

Super cute and beautiful Penny! It's been a lifetime of knowing on some level the necessity of growth through change. Sometimes, thankfully... the necessity of keeping a tough, thick skin is essential for survival. The grand old, it is what it is. Pretty soon, the only thing growing is scar tissue, and what lies beneath is pure, and very sensitive. You want to protect what's underneath... But you're not living. I'm getting a handle on that personally. ☺️

The analogy that you have picked is absolutely fitting. Once you are shedding something, not only do you recede initially to prepare (i. e. find a safe spot) and your vision (not your physical vision, but the way how you are perceiving the world may become clouded and/or foggy) is also going to cloud over, which again may entail other things that you have mentioned (listlessness, low appetite, etc.). I'd also like to take it one step further, because once you have shed the old skin, the new one is still soft and delicate and as such can easily be damaged. IMO the same holds true for any human undergoing change: The proverbial skin that is appearing after shedding your soul's old skin is similarly soft and tender so at first you are more vulnerable and need some time to stabilize, just like a snake needs some time for its skin to become stronger. Great insight and great wisdom.

Great video, David. Really important point about finding somewhere to find peace where you can focus on change. I had a similar conversation with my partner about this very thing. I chose to use the chrysalis as my analogy, but it shares the same principle. The most important thing is to accept change and also accept that it can never go back. A butterfly can not return to being a caterpillar, no matter how much it may want to

Thank you so much for this video...the timing is mind-blowing to me! Been going through some major life changes recently, and struggling a bit along the way. Your message really resonates. p.s. Penny is beautiful!!!

​​@David Badurina been juggling care of a parent and 12h work shifts. I want to shed my skin, but I dont know what can give to allow it. Had a meltdown and been off work for couple months, but now I need to go back and so it starts again. I also, afraid of snakes but she looks calm and approachable.

Firstly, when you said you were bringing back an old friend, I thought about the hand puppets 🤣. But HOLY COW, Penny is HUGE now!

Happy Birthday

Moving to a new state with no job soon after being a caretaker for 10 years. Definitely ready to shed. Will probably binge watch your vids and other inspiring RU-vidrs to get through it 😆.

Penny's gorgeous! You give a great analogy. Shrinking back a little to allow the old skin to shed off easily must be far less traumatic than carrying on as usual and leaving some irritating bits still sticking around, but I guess that's what most of us do, rather than going for a drastic change.

It happens to me all the time. It's a beautiful metaphor.

Miss Penelope is absolutely gorgeous!! I understand you when you say about shedding skin. A perfect shower meditation is to think about the next phase of your life while using scrubby gloves to remove dead skin. Yeah I know, ewww gross. It’s a very empowering thing. And your skin glows! 😁

I think I shed some skin just listening 🐍 love your talks.

I’m a little late watching this, but I feel like it is exactly what I needed to hear and see today, it’s been a long struggle, it’s time to shed. Thank you for making this video (and all your other videos)

Great metaphor and she's really really beautiful!

It was great to see you both again, and Penny has definitely been growing 😁

I dont usually like snakes but aww she's so cute and seems so chill ☺️🐍

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Will say right now, I am Ashla NightShade, just decided to change my profile name.. I will try to make the live chat! Anyway, how I’ve been… I’ve been metaphorically “shedding” my old skin of who I was. I changed my name to a name I liked better. And now I’ve found a new way to chase my dreams without going into debt. I’m enlisted in the National Guard and will be going off to basic soon. I’ve always wanted to do something with the military, but never got the chance because everyone always shoved me to the side. Never giving me a chance. But now, I got a chance. And I’m going to do my best. Have not looked back since day one. And will not as best I can. I’m hoping this’ll change me for the better. And in a sense let me be “reborn” like a Phoenix to finish this “shedding” of my old self. I see my old self as dead. But am still dealing with the shit my old self left behind. But I am going to do my best. It’s been difficult getting up and working out more. But I decided to do it. But I’m needing to take a rest because I’m so sore. Need to let my body grow stronger naturally as much as possible before going to basic. But one thing I recognized earlier was that I had anxiety that if I stopped working out even to rest, that I’d quit. That’s what happened in the past. But I’m trying to tell myself that with how far I’ve come, there’s no way in hell that I’ll quit now no mater how much it hurts. I’m hoping to be reborn in a sense as my new self after all this. I’m reaching for my goals and couldn’t be happier despite how much anxiety I am dealing with in regards to how well I’ll do. Trying not to blow it out of portion. But it’s difficult. But I’m trying and am pushing forward as best I can. Anyway that’s how I’ve been doing.

Learn to grow. Easier said than done. What's the worst advice you've ever given yourself?

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