GRAND Magazine - March/April 2017 - 26

grand life
Revealing! Get naked!

unfinished business: not getting his doctorate. He
vowed to finish his doctorate by 60-and two days
When you clean out your closet, you examine each
before his 60th birthday, he did!
item. Does it fit? Is it still stylish?
When we're children, we're constantly learning and
When we clean out our emotional closet, we do
growing. Time feels endless because we're in a world
the same thing but with aspects of our lives. What
areas need work? Which relationships help us to meet full of awe and wonder. This sense of joy and exciteour full potential? What baggage do we need to give ment doesn't have to end with childhood; we can feel
that way our whole lives.
up?
In our book, The Heart of the Fight, we discuss the
"bliss skills" you need to realize your full potential.
Revealing is one such skill.
Just like cleaning out your closet in real life, we're
trying things on, getting naked, and looking at life
more closely, which can be very painful. However, this
analysis helps us to truly know ourselves.

Revealing leads to vibrancy

When we don't reflect on the things holding us back,
we become stuck. Our senses become lackluster. We
might find ourselves less sharp.
Neuroscience teaches us our brains are constantly
forming new neuropathways as we have experiences
and "rethink" our way of doing things. These new
pathways help our brain "fire on all cylinders."
When we fail to reveal and resolve our baggage,
the everyday becomes mundane. We may just exist,
not really live.
Bob's father had a stroke at this pivotal age. He
had forgone finishing college to serve in WWII and
help his brothers. Lacking a degree, he watched other
less intelligent men move up through the ranks of the
telephone company where he worked.
Even though his father retired to work and live in a
fishing resort, his unfulfilled desires held him back. He
was never able to fully enjoy the richness of his life.
So, at age 50 Bob recognized a piece of his own
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MARCH APRIL 2017

Life is full of deeper meaning
and experience when we
work through our unfinished
business.

Judith's mother struggled with her weight her
entire life. When she reached her 60s, rather than
telling herself she had missed her window for
change, she embraced it and learned about nutrition and exercise, pushing herself to reach her goal
weight.
She revealed previously held beliefs that were
holding her back-that she didn't deserve to care
for herself and that she needed to suppress her own
wants. She moved forward, embracing the challenge
with enthusiasm, lost the weight, and lived a healthy,
vibrant life!
It's never too late to work toward living our
GRANDest life. Take those classes you always wanted
to take. Try something new. Travel.
Life is full of deeper meaning and experience when
we work through our unfinished business. Do your
own spring cleaning and engage in life fully. You
won't regret it!

Relationships experts, world-class
coaches, and best-selling authors,
Dr. Judith and Dr. Bob Wright
are co-founders of the Wright
Foundation for the Realization of
Human Potential and The Wright
Graduate University and authors of
The Heart of the Fight

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