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The Atalanta Syndrome™
Who is Atalanta? You, that’s Who!
By Nancy C. Lewine, PhD
© 2007 All Rights Reserved
Atalanta (at-uh-LAN-tuh)
Abandoned at birth by a father who wanted a son, Atalanta became a great heroine and one of the Argonauts. Unwilling to marry, she finally consented to wed any man who could beat her at a foot race. Such was her fleetness that she would have remained happily single, but that the Goddess of Love gave one of her suitors golden apples to scatter on the race course. These were magical, and Atalanta could not resist them. Stooping to gather them in, she lost the contest to her destined husband.
Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology, www.mythweb.com
Remember Atalanta? She sabotaged her own chances of winning the race under the spell of Venus’ apples. Are you Atalanta, irresistibly picking up those apples on your life path which only serves to slow you down? If so, you are your own enemy, as marsupial comic strip star Pogo proclaims, “We have met the enemy, and he is us!”
Have you ever sabotaged your own success? Many of you may adamantly respond, “NO!” You have worked hard, put in long hours, gone for the gold, and persevered through the stress, right? You have done all you could do. Me, too! And, I have also committed self-sabotage. Surprised?
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