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What's Holding You Back with Letting the past hold you vs. learning from it?

Discover how to break free from your past and transform it into wisdom. Explore ancient insights on releasing what holds you back while learning from exper

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What you’ll practice

This is a reflective practice guided by Laozi. It gives you one honest question to sit with — the kind that moves you from thinking about an idea to working with it.

The reflection itself unfolds in conversation with Laozi, where it adapts to your situation — so you practice it together rather than reading it off the page.

Practice this with Laozi
Begin the reflection in a coaching conversation, where it meets what you’re actually working through.
Understand first
The Empty Mirror PerspectiveThe Uncarved Block RestorationThe Watercourse Way of IntegrationThe Witness State: Observing Without OwnershipReversal as Renewal
Go deeper
Why Letting the past hold you vs. learning from it MattersLiving with Letting the past hold you vs. learning from itLetting the past hold you vs. learning from itLetting the past hold you vs. learning from it: FoundationsThe Examined Letting the past hold you vs. learning from it
Peri
New to this practice?

Peri can explain what this practice is for, help you decide whether it fits what you’re working through, and point you to the right place to begin.

Ready to practice this?

Begin the reflection with your coach, or tell Peri what you’re working through.