Embracing Hard Truths by Hugging the Bear 🤗🐻🐾

An episode of the Moonshot Mentor with Laverne McKinnon podcast, hosted by Laverne McKinnon, titled "Embracing Hard Truths by Hugging the Bear 🤗🐻🐾 " was published on July 7, 2025 and runs 11 minutes.

July 7, 2025 ·11m · Moonshot Mentor with Laverne McKinnon

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I’ve been facing a hard truth recently that situations are rarely 100% awesome. In fact most of the time the good and the not-so-good coexist … and seem quite content to be that way. I, of course, am constantly striving to make everything awesome and perfect … and that creates not just tension, but emotional pain. In this week’s blog and podcast, I share a concept, “hugging the bear,” that has helped me embrace this discomfort and find a path forward.

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