Have you ever told yourself you're not enough? That you can't do it? That nobody likes you?

Me too. Honestly, for most of my life.

I used to be angry all the time and couldn't understand what life was about. What am I here for? I went to meditation retreats trying to reach nirvana. I got a philosophy degree at UCLA looking for answers. Some of it helped, but mostly it left me with more questions.

And I've had rough periods. Really sad ones, where my head was mean to me all day and I believed every word.

But then I had a breakthrough. I'd spent years trying to make those thoughts go away. What if I just noticed them instead of believing them?

Sounds simple, I know. But turns out therapists use the same idea in mindfulness and ACT. And it changed how I see pretty much everything.

First, hear this: it's not your fault. You're not lazy, you're not broken. Your brain repeats what it's used to thinking, and after years of "I'm not enough," it starts to feel like a fact. But it's still just a thought.

Your mind is the sky and your thoughts are clouds. They come and go. Some days it's one little cloud, some days it's a full storm. But the sky's always there. You're the sky.

That's what these 14 days are for. Let's go.

— Pedro