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EPISODE · Jun 26, 2026 · 13 MIN

Ep. 170 | You Don't Have to Keep the First Thought You Have

from The Daily Ascent · host Molly Carmel

I was on my way to Lourdes, sitting next to a man who coughed the entire flight, and I was catastrophizing at altitude in a way that was decidedly not my wise mind. My friend Karen said five words to me in the airplane aisle that I have not stopped thinking about since.  Viktor Frankl writes in Man's Search for Meaning: "Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way."  This is an episode about the space between what happens and how you respond — and the freedom that lives there.  Question to carry into your day: What have you decided about a situation in your life that you might not have to keep deciding?  Ready to do this work with real support? Book a discovery call and let's talk about whether the Stop Starting Over System is right for you. https://link.allyone.io/widget/bookings/mc-discoverycall-organic Let's Stay Connected:  Subscribe on YouTube Instagram: @mollycarmel Check out my Pocket Sages on my Amazon Storefront An Operation Podcast production | @OperationPodcast

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