I share my journey because I am right here with you on both a personal growth journey and a professional growth journey.
Sometimes in life we get knocked down - sometimes we have a shift in the way that we thought that our story was going to go; or a pandemic hits; our health changes; we have decision fatigue; we are just completely overwhelmed. It may not even be something completely earth shattering it may be more of a slow slide downhill.
Or sometimes it may feel like the world has been turned completely upside down. But we move through. But we get to decide how we move through. For me I needed some time and space. You know create space for yourself? Well I took my own advice.
In September of 2021 I was literally hit by a car. Me - my actual body.
But this was just one more chapter of my story of feeling knocked down. Life hands us punches all the time and it is what we decide to do with them that matters. Do you let things fester and eat at you? Or do you take things as they come and continue moving forward?
Maybe this was part of what I needed to find my fire again. I had taken a step back from everything to heal and grow but maybe this was the sign that it was time to reclaim my voice, reclaim my power, move forward and share more of my story.
Well that was September and this is November so I guess that spark needed to smolder for a little bit. Personal development can be a roller coaster and I am not here to say this is what happened and now I’m all great again. I’m here still in the messy middle to actually share how we work through things.
So here we go - this is what has been working for me.
I reclaimed my morning routine, a self care plan, a take care of me plan.
I learned about chakras and used essential oils designated for those chakras. My girl Arielle created a perfect set of essential oils to help me find my voice and re-open my heart.
I used meditation to help slow down my overthinking brain.
I moved my body.
I ate real food (ok and ice cream).
I am setting my goals.
I am putting my needs and wants first.
I set hard boundaries for myself. One of the first things that I did was limit social media.
I made time to be alone.
I know that nothing that I am sharing here is absolute rocket science. Nor is any of it a magic answer. What I am saying is that when you are struggling what you really need is to take a minute for yourself and go back to basics. I’m talking Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
We need to start with our most basic needs. When we have those back in place then we can move forward and keep picking ourselves back up.
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