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Herbie Mack | Facilitator

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Living unfinished.
Attention. Identity. Life.
Facilitator • Speaker • Consultant
Grounded conversations for navigating pressure & change.

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I was taking care of everyone except myself.

For a while, I felt like I was on an emotional roller coaster.

Family.
Homeschooling.
Business.
Responsibilities.

Then my wife went on vacation and told me:

“You gotta take a moment for yourself. You're gonna burn yourself out.”

She was right.

I started getting back into the gym.

Couldn't make it to the gym?
Home workout.

Couldn't do that?
Find something online and move.

But I realized it wasn't just about working out.

It was about creating space.

For my kids.
For my wife.
And for myself.

Sometimes taking care of yourself isn't taking something away from your family.

Sometimes it's what helps you actually be present with them.

What has been getting your attention lately?

#Attention #IntentionalLiving #SelfAwareness #WorkLifeBalance #Fatherhood by @hbmack

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4 days ago

What stole your attention without permission?

For me, it looked like success.

More events.
More podcasts.
More interviews.
More opportunities.

I thought I was doing everything right.

Then my daughter asked if I was coming to her show.

I couldn't.

And I watched the excitement leave her face.

That's when I realized I had been giving my attention to things I thought mattered while missing moments that I could never get back.

There will always be another stage.

But my daughter only gets one childhood.

Maybe success isn't measured by how many rooms you get invited into.

Maybe it's measured by the moments you choose to be present for.

What has been getting your attention lately?

#fatherhood #worklifebalance #beingpresent #intentionalliving by @hbmack

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10 days ago

Maybe next time.

Sometimes work doesn't feel like work.
Sometimes it's the phone call you answer while your child is waiting.

The email you respond to while your family is asking for your attention.

The opportunity you keep saying yes to because you don't know when another one will come.

And sometimes the person standing in front of you doesn't need more of your time later.

They need you now.

Maybe Next Time is a short poem about work, family, presence, and the moments we don't get to repeat.

— Herbie Mack

What moment are you hoping you don't have to say “maybe next time” to?

#spokenword #fatherhood #worklifebalance #beingpresent #parenthood by @hbmack

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11 days ago

What happened when I embraced silence?

For eight months, I may have looked like I had disappeared.

Truthfully, I needed to slow down.

I wasn't looking for motivation.

I was looking for clarity.

And when I finally got quiet, I realized how much of my attention was going toward things that weren't necessarily important to me anymore.

We don't have the same responsibilities.
We don't have the same lives.
We're not even in the same season.

So why should our calendars look the same?

Maybe you don't need to do more.

Maybe you need to get quiet enough to hear what you've been ignoring.

What if the thing you're looking for is waiting for you on the other side of being silent? by @hbmack

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14 days ago

Feeling behind can make you want to move faster.
Push harder.
Add more.

Do something… anything… just to catch up.

But sometimes the most important move is to pause long enough to ask a better question.

What am I actually rushing toward?
And where did I learn that this pace was necessary?

Not every timeline you feel pressure from belongs to you.

Clarity has a different rhythm than urgency.

And when you move with clarity, the pace tends to take care of itself.

Sometimes slowing down isn’t falling behind.

It’s finally moving in the right direction. by @hbmack

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6 months ago

Sometimes, the most responsible thing you can do
is stop long enough to hear yourself again. by @hbmack

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7 months ago

I care deeply.
I just no longer rush my thinking, my energy, or my values.

That’s growth. by @hbmack

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7 months ago

If your mind feels tired but your body keeps going,
That’s not strength; that’s a warning sign. by @hbmack

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7 months ago

There’s a difference between being disciplined
and being disconnected from yourself.

I had to relearn that. by @hbmack

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7 months ago

Slowing down isn’t quitting.
It’s choosing intention over noise.

That choice changed everything for me. by @hbmack

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8 months ago

I didn’t disappear.
I just stopped performing for the algorithm.
Sometimes clarity shows up when you stop rushing it. by @hbmack

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8 months ago

Community isn’t optional — it’s essential. 🤝 In this snippet from The Beyond Anxiety Podcast S2E5, Herbie Mack shares why having people who see you, support you, and walk with you matters more than we often realize. Anxiety thrives in isolation, but healing happens in connection. You don’t have to carry everything alone. 💙
Watch the full episode here: https://linktr.ee/beyond.anxiety

#TheBeyondAnxietyPodcast #SupportiveCommunity #MentalHealthMatters #HealingTogether #podcast by @hbmack

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9 months ago