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Mercedes Calcano believes in the alchemical power of the arts to bring the extraordinary into the ordinary. An ambassador for meaning and beauty, Mercedes is committed to ease the way for others to allow magic and possibility to shape their experiences through her programs Simply Drawing Life and ARTLeads-U.

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Are You Holding Yourself Back with a Story About the Past?

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“The distinction between the past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.” ~Albert Einstein 

One morning I woke up inexplicably sad. I sat on my bed trying to make sense of how I felt and what could be behind it. Intuitively, I grabbed one of the many books lying on my night table and opened it in a random place.

What I had in my hands was A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose by Eckhart Tolle, and the chapter was called “Breaking Free.”

Tolle explains how we tend to be unconsciously engaged in stories from the …