Hi Ria, thanks so much for the kind words and great question! It’s def. a challenge to reduce that pressure. For many of us, this idea of being exceptional has been drilled into us, whether through the pressures of getting good grades, watching movies, and reading stories about exceptional lives, etc. Firstly start to break down and analyse those narratives and def. start to question them.

I find that when we start to tune into our actual everyday experiences and really connect to ourselves, our bodies, the present moment and work on experiencing joy and peace in the everyday (through working on personal development, meditation, looking after ourselves, social connections, doing things we enjoy ) something naturally shifts within us and we start seeing just how exceptional our day to day experiences can be and we stop needing external validation or huge accomplishments to feel good – especially if the desire for that is creating misery and stress in our day to day lives.

That was very brief but I’m happy to discuss and explain this in more detail via a chat soon? xx