Don’t Believe the Hype! Barriers Aside, a Fulfillment Mindset is Still Attainable

ShaVaughn Elle
4 min readJan 2, 2024
photo credit: Nappy

Welcome back to part two of the fulfillment mindset series.

In this post, we’ll identify key internal and external barriers to embracing a fulfillment mindset, along with ways to overcome them.

It feels so simple, right?

Make a passive decision to pursue fulfillment, then make the active choice to execute tangible steps that build a bridge to success — whatever that means for you. The direct route doesn’t come without its challenges, and these challenges can range from internal to external struggles. Although the external factors are prominent, it’s the internal factors that seem to defeat us before we start.

What’s comforting is that most people have shared experiences similar to ours, which is why having community is ideal when working towards shifts in our psyche. We never know where wisdom lives and it could be from someone we engage with daily. If we’re vulnerable enough to disclose, we’ll find we’re not as alone as we thought.

So about these internal factors.

Once we can identify and resolve the internal barriers, everything outside of us feels easier to manage. And to be clear, we don’t always resolve the internal and external barriers entirely. We…

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