Everyone I talk to lately has lots of moving parts in their lives. Here are a few things my clients, friends and family are dealing with: growing a start-up, seeking a coveted position, managing the ups and downs of a relationship, kids and their issues, dealing with the ex, building a new home, selling another. As women we pride ourselves on being able to multitask and get shit done. We have it all together. We are on it. We are super women on steroids.
But when life is happening faster than we want it to, we can feel out of control. Most of us are used to managing every detail of our life and want to know exactly how it’s going to end up. When we don’t know, it’s unsettling, exhausting, stressful and even scary.
If you feel you’re in the midst of a hurricane, you have two choices. You can either keep pushing the boulder up the hill and over effort OR surrender and let go. Trust you’re in the right place and that things will work out. Know it’s okay to not have all the answers. To not know exactly what your future will be like. Don’t fight the current, step into the flow.
Here are a few things to do to get yourself back to center. Get quiet and meditate, even if it’s for 10 minutes. Create a mantra “my life is unfolding exactly the way it’s supposed to” or whatever feels right to you. Take a yoga class – yin or restorative or yoga nidra – all are grounding and get you in touch with how you’re feeling. Practice gratitude – every single day.
One minute you may feel you’re in a torrential downpour, the next it’s clear blue skies.
