WTH - Video Edition
How are you? Really, pause and check in with yourself. How ARE you?
I hope you are okay. I hope you are feeling more abundance that scarcity. More contentment than anxiety. But if you’re not, I’m thinking of you. Life is hard right now. But nothing is permanent. Things will change.
Most of us are settling into week five or six or 438 of staying at home. The actual day of the week is irrelevant. Pants with zippers are pretty irrelevant. Dust bunnies are morphing into small critters. The people you love might not be the people you like at this moment.
Maybe you’re having fun and you’re breezing along - YAY! Or maybe there is a pattern emerging or maybe each day brings a new round of decisions and tasks and schedules. We’re all navigating this new now. I am confident you’re doing the best that you can. It’s a little bit crazy. It’s a little bit overwhelming.
Know that whatever you are feeling, you are not alone. Humans are wired for connection and that connection has been radically disrupted. Our access to basic needs has, in many cases, been disrupted. We don’t know what lies ahead and we worry about what lurks around the corner.
ICYMI: I loved the vulnerability and honesty of this New York Times Opinion piece.
I’ve had calls from clients and friends who reach out for someone to listen to and see them. They reach out for tips or strategies and empathy. I’m happy to help but it got me thinking.
We’re all focused on the challenges placed in our hands, going through the motions with no time to feel or process. No time to look at where we’ve been nor where we are headed.
Whether or not you’ve got kids at home, we’re all facing the tsunami of emotions and obligations and desires that can slowly start to swell or pummel the shores of our hearts and minds. Emotions range from rapture to rage, splendor to sadness, overwhelm to abundance. I’ve had days I feel pretty good about most things and other days I burst into tears at my desk or on a walk or in the by the vacant frozen vegetable shelves at the grocery store.
What helps? Sleep. Good food. Laughter. Distractions like books and puzzles and my dog. Binge watching Mrs. America, The Office, and That Girl with my family. Weekly Zoom Happy Hour(s) with my high school BFFs and college sorority sisters. (If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve seen all of these).
I'm also working on some exciting content to share with you! The novelty and creative process keep me inspired and hopeful. Knowing that the material is tried and true reinforces my sense that this will be helpful and accessible. And I am whole-heartedly committed to creating a safe space for a limited number of women to be seen and supported. I can't wait to tell you more! Soon, I promise.
I hope that if you need a little self-care or a way to calm an over-active nervous system, you'll look at my Video Library. I've added a NEW yoga Nidra meditation that is perfect for bedtime….. scroll all the way to the end of the videos to find it.
Stay home. Stay well. Take care.
