The Obsession With Comfort

The Obsession With Comfort
We may crave comfort but is it what we really need more of?
ADEOLA SHEEHY-ADEKALE
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Mar 15, 2022
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Image by Kinga Cichewicz on UnsplashIn every area of life, we seek to find the sweet spot. That moment in which there is no push or pull, no resistance, just the comfort of being at peace.
More and more as I find my inner world pulled in two opposing directions, I’m starting to wonder if they are compatible at all or will I have…
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Writing on the female experience, race, motherhood & self-development. Columnist at The Green Parent magazine. Follow me on IG @adeola_moonsong.
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