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Living Courageously

For content about embracing courage, overcoming fear, and heart-centered living.

Living Courageously

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22 lessons 2025 taught me

Dec 30, 2025

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10 min read

22 lessons 2025 taught me

Why integration matters, and the truths I uncovered by looking back at 2025.

Essi Auguste Virtanen
Essi Auguste Virtanen

Living Courageously

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From "I can't" to "I can"

Aug 12, 2025

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5 min read

From "I can't" to "I can"

What high jumping, cold plunging, and public speaking taught me about fear, belief, and why the only real limit is the one in your mind.

Essi Auguste Virtanen
Essi Auguste Virtanen

Living Courageously

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A room full of senior men. A talk on connection. Here’s what happened.

Jul 1, 2025

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4 min read

A room full of senior men. A talk on connection. Here’s what happened.

I didn’t change who I was to fit the room. I brought who I am. That made all the difference.

Essi Auguste Virtanen
Essi Auguste Virtanen

Living Courageously

How do you know you've found a heartful calling?

Jun 25, 2025

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4 min read

How do you know you've found a heartful calling?

Here's what I learned missing my deadline to write this letter about flow state, and how what lights us up guide us where we're meant to be.

Essi Auguste Virtanen
Essi Auguste Virtanen

Living Courageously

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Measuring success differently: it's not about numbers but about impact

Jun 17, 2025

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5 min read

Measuring success differently: it's not about numbers but about impact

We all get disheartened by rejection, low turnout or low number of likes. Numbers are everywhere, but what if success isn't about how many, but how you made them feel?

Essi Auguste Virtanen
Essi Auguste Virtanen

Living Courageously

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Behind the Smiles: Real Talk on High-Functioning Depression

May 6, 2025

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6 min read

Behind the Smiles: Real Talk on High-Functioning Depression

It's time we talked about the hidden suffering behind highly-functioning, how we can witness this in each other and heal together with these 5 steps.

Essi Auguste Virtanen
Essi Auguste Virtanen

Living Courageously

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The Heart of Self-Respect (and How to Cultivate It)

Mar 11, 2025

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7 min read

The Heart of Self-Respect (and How to Cultivate It)

Do you struggle with saying no? Over-explaining? Putting yourself last? These might be signs that your self-respect needs attention. Let’s explore how to change that.

Essi Auguste Virtanen
Essi Auguste Virtanen

Living Courageously

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What could happen if you accepted your reality instead of resisting it?

Feb 18, 2025

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6 min read

What could happen if you accepted your reality instead of resisting it?

What if the key to joy, peace, and fulfilment is to flow with the river of life and not swim against its current? (Warning: Real talk! No sugar coating!)

Essi Auguste Virtanen
Essi Auguste Virtanen

Living Courageously

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I'm learning to sit with it🧘🏼‍♀️(And it’s harder than it sounds!) 🤯

Dec 17, 2024

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5 min read

I'm learning to sit with it🧘🏼‍♀️(And it’s harder than it sounds!) 🤯

When was the last time you simply sat without expectation? We rush through life, chasing the next thing. What happens when we simply sit and be? Let’s explore.

Essi Auguste Virtanen
Essi Auguste Virtanen

Living Courageously

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Bali is tearing me apart 💔

Dec 10, 2024

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5 min read

Bali is tearing me apart 💔

Feeling torn between the life I knew and the life I’m stepping into—here’s what Bali is teaching me about change, death and rebirth.

Essi Auguste Virtanen
Essi Auguste Virtanen

Living Courageously

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🎁 My Birthday Month, Your Gift! 🎯 Expand Courageously Before 2025!

Dec 3, 2024

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5 min read

🎁 My Birthday Month, Your Gift! 🎯 Expand Courageously Before 2025!

My birthday wish? Helping you start 2025 with clarity, confidence, and courage! Don’t wait for January to start expanding. My birthday gift will help you kickstart now!

Essi Auguste Virtanen
Essi Auguste Virtanen

Living Courageously

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The Secret to Change: Allowing & Choosing

Nov 26, 2024

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5 min read

The Secret to Change: Allowing & Choosing

The changes you want to make in your life begin with what you allow and what you choose. Let’s dive in.

Essi Auguste Virtanen
Essi Auguste Virtanen

Living Courageously

Life Can Change in 2 Months - With a Single Step - My Journey to Bali!

Nov 12, 2024

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5 min read

Life Can Change in 2 Months - With a Single Step - My Journey to Bali!

Just two months ago, Bali was only a dream. All it took a single step. Here's how you can start your journey, too.

Essi Auguste Virtanen
Essi Auguste Virtanen

Living Courageously

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From Wish to Reality: Bali Bound! ✈️

Nov 5, 2024

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6 min read

From Wish to Reality: Bali Bound! ✈️

I share my journey on how the energy of allowing to wish and dream made this happen, and how you can manifest your big dreams, too.

Essi Auguste Virtanen
Essi Auguste Virtanen

Living Courageously

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One Year Later: My book HEARTFUL & the week that changed everything

Oct 29, 2024

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6 min read

One Year Later: My book HEARTFUL & the week that changed everything

My book has been out in the world for a year. In this letter, I am reflecting the release week that led to the biggest leap of my life—and why HEARTFUL might just be the guide you need now.

Essi Auguste Virtanen
Essi Auguste Virtanen
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