Instead of waiting for the praise or approval of others - you can get it instantly from you - accepting yourself, knowing you are worthy and belong right here right now, regardless of circumstances.
What Can I give Myself in this Chapter
Your Thoughts Matter
Releasing Emotions
When You Have Nothing Left
Feeling burnout, exhausted, unmotivated? You’re not alone. It’s normal, here’s why...
So many of us have just kept pushing through, until eventually, we run out of “surge capacity” - a series of adaptive systems we draw on for SHORT TERM SURVIVAL in acutely stressful situations, such as natural disasters.
Making Art out of What is Broken
Have you heard of kintsugi? It’s the art of repairing broken pottery with gold. This process beautifies the breakage and treats it as an important part of the object’s history, therefore valuing fractures instead of disguising them or glossing over them. The process typically results in something far more beautiful and stronger than the original.
Compassionate Awareness
Meet Yourself Where You're At
Your Grief is Valid
Emotions are Great and Flags
You don't have to have it all together
My friend Nicola said the other day to a group of us on zoom, “you don’t need to thrive right now, just survive. You don’t need to have it all sorted or tick all the boxes, this is all new and challenging and something we’ve never faced before, just take it one day at a time”.
I think sometimes we expect too much of ourselves - like we should know how to deal with something we’ve never faced before, or we should be doing this or not that or start this.
But I think now is the perfect time to really practice grace and kindness.
If you don’t have much capacity or motivation right now, you are not alone. Can I encourage you to give yourself permission not to strive for productivity and pivot, but pause, rest, retreat, refill, slow down. That is a totally valid and helpful response too.
Corona seems to be amplifying many people’s struggles, especially loneliness, fear, comparison, burn out, etc.
Let’s take it one day at a time. Add one extra step each day. We’re all figuring it out on the way.
We need kindness now more than ever - to each other AND ourselves.
👉🏻 What’s one way you can show kindness?
💜Ruth x
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