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  • noun informal The state of being stuck (in all senses)

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Examples

  • Long-term stuckness or stiffness can lead to varicose veins, sciatica, repeated strain injury, rheumatoid arthritis, paralysis, obesity, mouth ulcers, kidney problems, and a host of other diseases.

    The Secret Language of Your Body Inna Segal 2010

  • Long-term stuckness boils down to running from fear - fear of failure, fear of success, fear of rejection.

    Netvouz - new bookmarks 2009

  • In addition to offering very practical guidance, she reads energy, and also looks at how that "stuckness" impacts moving forward in career, family and love.

    Energy Shift Zombie Mom 2009

  • You couldn't find many savvier, more creative, industrious, successful folks, yet each had varying degrees of "stuckness" about many important projects and issues.

    David Allen: And The Biggest Procrastinators Are... 2008

  • Rehabilitation for different sorts), dealing with 'stuckness' and matic couples therapist. with legal interface, and longer-term issues Clinicians and of avoiding burnout, and becoming a References 'master therapist' while still keeping one's Researchers.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • It offers openings every day to transcend, obtain objectivity, and shift out of your stuckness.

    Deepak Chopra: How to Dispel Darkness (Part 2) Deepak Chopra 2010

  • But the stuckness, it oppresses, it constrains, it hinders breathing, and so it feels, sometimes, like a sort of quicksand, like a deep pit that threatens to pull me under.

    Swamp Monster | Her Bad Mother 2009

  • If you notice that you're "getting stuck" in the middle, recognize that this "stuckness" is a function of your story's not cohering to your "idea of your story."

    Alan Watt: Six Reasons to Write Your First Draft Quickly Alan Watt 2011

  • Name the stuckness: In other words, simply say to yourself, this is the feeling of being stuck

    Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.: 4 Steps to Get Unstuck Ph.D. Elisha Goldstein 2010

  • Name the stuckness: In other words, simply say to yourself, this is the feeling of being stuck

    Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.: 4 Steps to Get Unstuck Ph.D. Elisha Goldstein 2010

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