Christine J GoldOwner, Soul Healers Sanctuary · ADHD Burnout Recovery Coach

The Life Choice Points You Never Considered

26 Jul 2025 · 3 min

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In this motivational monologue, the speaker urges viewers to consciously choose how they live rather than leaving life to chance. She repeats affirmations of choosing motivation over manipulation, usefulness over being used, action over excuses, and self‑esteem over self‑pity. She introduces the idea of "choice points"—moments that can feel like a dark night of the soul, spiritual awakening, or a crossroads—where guidance from mentors or peers becomes crucial. The speaker emphasizes that true power to choose emerges from surrender, patience, and openness to possibilities, allowing clarity to arise when one is unattached to outcomes. She calls for viewers to share their current choices, arguing that keeping struggles hidden keeps one stuck. The talk references Brené Brown’s insight that vulnerability requires safe spaces, enabling the healing of guilt, shame, and trauma.

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Repeat after me. I choose. I choose to live by choice, not by chance. I choose to be motivated, not manipulated. To be useful, not used. To make changes, not excuses. To excel, not compete. I choose self-esteem, not self-pity. I choose to listen to my inner voice, not to the random opinions of others. If you choose, comment below. I want to know. And yes, we all have choices and The power to choose and choice points, you can call them Dark Night of the Soul, spiritual awakening, crossroads, in between, I have no idea what the hell is going on here. Hey, I get it, I've been there. And what we all need is guidance, guides, mentors, someone to say, hey, you know what, I don't know exactly what you're going through, but I've been through something similar. Let's walk this path together, because really that's what it's about. And you always have the power to choose. Really, it comes from letting go, surrendering, and just being open to all possibilities, and also being patient enough for it to come in. Because maybe you're so much in your head that you have It's just very convoluted, I guess, is what I'm saying. So clarity comes in when you're ready to receive and you're not attached to the outcome. That, that's really important, um, again. So let me know what your choices— what you're choosing right now. Maybe you're struggling with something let us know, because to keep it to yourself actually keeps you where you running in place going nowhere, or you're in such a deep dark hole. And for someone to reflect that, actually I believe Brené Brown said that's what creates, you know, in order to create spaces of vulnerability, we have to feel safe enough to know that we can share And then the guilt, the shame, the trauma, the disconnect can be healed.