When it feels pointless to even try

This is the part of crisis that gets overlooked.

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Hi there,

Something that often gets overlooked when we are truly struggling is when everything starts to feel futile.

Not just painful. Not just uncertain. Futile.

Like nothing is going to change. Like you cannot see any real way forward, even if part of you is still trying so hard to force one to happen.

This is one of the hardships that Teal addresses inside her How To Thrive In A Crisis Course.

Teal teaches that hopelessness in a crisis often comes from resisting futility. In other words, part of you is still committed to pushing through a locked door that isn’t opening, and because you can’t accept that, you stay trapped in the pain of trying to make the impossible happen.

That is a brutal place to be.

And if you are in it, the answer is not to shame yourself for feeling that way, or to try to cheer yourself out of it with something shallow that does not actually touch the deeper issue.

The deeper issue is this: what if part of your suffering is coming from refusing to accept that something is not going to happen the way you wanted it to?

Teal asks two powerful questions inside one of the lessons in the course:

🔸 What are you afraid will happen if you accept that this is futile?

🔸And if you accepted that what you want is never going to happen in the way you wanted, what would you do then or instead?

Those are not easy questions. But they can help you to course correct.

Because the point is not to leave you sitting in pain. The point is to stop fighting a dead end long enough to see whether there is another direction, another option, another way of moving forward that you could not see while all of your energy was tied up in resisting reality.

That is one of the reasons this course matters and why it’s so impactful.

Join Teal’s Thrive In A Crisis Course →

This 7-week roadmap helps you work with what you’re struggling with the most, face what is real, and begin reorienting toward what is possible from here.

There is no crisis without change. There is no real going back to normal. At some point, the work becomes learning how to meet the reality of where you really are, and consciously choose what comes next.

How To Thrive In A Crisis is $139 instead of $399 through tomorrow. Get lifetime access to all 18 lessons, 13 exercises, workbook, and bonus teachings.

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If you have been stuck in that place where everything feels pointless, this course is here to help you face that more directly and find another way forward from there.

Much love,
Teal's Team

P.S. The special price for How To Thrive In A Crisis ends tomorrow. If you want Teal’s full roadmap for moving through a crisis with more awareness, support, and direction, joining now saves you $260.

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When it feels pointless to even try

This is the part of crisis that gets overlooked.

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