Invisible scratches that slowly erode. One moment of trying to please, another moment or trying to prove, another moment of trying to perfect, another moment of hiding who we are, another moment of trying to be like them...
Discomfort is the Way Home
You will Always have You Around
What Playlist are You Listening To?
Meet Yourself Where You're At
Your Grief is Valid
The Voices we Listen to
We’ve got to be really selective about what voices we listen to and hold onto. Not just rejecting the negative ones, but sometimes people are trying to help with their advice and opinion and it’s totally ok to thank them but know that it’s just an opinion, and you need to listen louder to the still quiet voice within.
Emotions are Great and Flags
Your Worth is not What You Do
A lot can Change in a Year
Each Step is Training for the Next Step
Be Kind Over Being Right
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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