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It’s never too late…

I’ve been kind of quiet lately. There’s a lot going on professionally, and I notice that when that happens, I’m even more intentional about and protective of my “me time”. 

Contrary to popular belief, when things are crazy, it’s even more important to make time to resource ourselves. When things are busy, the first thing that usually goes out the window is our self care. Simply because “we don’t have time.” Isn’t that what we say?  “Go, go, go” is a symptom of the modern world. It’s not a badge of honor, it’s actually a sure path to disconnect even more from your self. So what the heck do we do? 

When the house is burning, you’re not sitting there wondering how it started or if your clothes that you were going to wear tomorrow are okay. You take care of yourself by getting out of there. When you’re thirsty, you don’t say to yourself “meh, maybe I’ll have some water tomorrow.” 

The truth is that if we keep waiting “until…” we will never get to have time for ourselves. There’s always something or someone vying for your attention and time. 

Over the years I learned that not everything has to happen right now. And not everyone’s emergency has to be my emergency (it rarely is a true emergency anyway.) Your time is a currency. Choose to invest it wisely. 

One of my recent investments is time to re-learn to play the guitar. I used to play when I was younger, but I’ve taken a break from it. A long one…about 35 years! Recently, the Universe has been sending me messages about playing more, so here I am! Picking it up again in my 40’s! 

I’m not good at it, by any stretch, but I’m enjoying it a lot and I’m having fun! Sometimes it’s 15 minutes a day and it’s my time to use my brain in a different way and to engage with the sound of the music.

So that’s one thing I’ve been up to. Professionally, besides my private sessions, you can check out the Q&A coming up on Aug 27th about our life-changing psychosomatic program: Compassionate Inquiry Circles and Trauma-Sensitive Yoga.

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If you were thirsty now, would you wait several days to drink water?


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This has been coming up a lot recently in my sessions. Across the board, whether my clients are dealing with burnout, auto-immune issues, sleep disturbance, or anger, we are discovering together in our sessions that even though it is needed “now“, daily resourcing is rarely on people’s radar. 

Someone was recently grieving the loss of their dreams about renewed family connections so I asked:

Me: What would you need right now?

Client: Comfort and nurture.

Me: And what would bring that sense of comfort and nurture to you?

Client: Spending some time at the beach with my partner and kids.

Me: Can you do that?

Client: Yes, we talked about doing that next Friday.

Me: When do you need the comfort and sense of nurture?

Client: Today.

Me: So what is preventing you from going to the beach today?

Client: “…”

So now I am asking you. If you were thirsty now and I asked you to wait until next Friday to drink, you would think I am crazy, right? The difference is that we don’t think about resourcing as vital as food and water. The invitation is to reflect whether it is different though? 

If your answer is “no”, then think about little things that you can do each day to resource yourself. Something that brings you joy and takes 3-5 minutes. It can be longer if you have the time. There is a saying actually (and I am paraphrasing) about the need to be outside in nature for 30 min daily, unless you are too busy. In that case, you need 60 minutes! 🙂 When we don’t have time for something, what we are actually saying is that it is not a priority. So let’s make daily resourcing a priority!

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