Where Have You Been?

I’ve been MIA for a while. Thanks for your patience with me.

It’s been quite a ride over the past few months- for all of us. Everyone deals with their stress differently. I become a doer of “stuff n’ things.” I focus on taking on more things and doing more stuff to distract me from the stress I am experiencing. The issue with that this time is that in the picking up of more tasks, my arms got full and I had to put other things down…. And I put all the wrong things down.

I stopped writing, working out, eating healthy, meditating, reading, working out…. The list just gets longer and longer.

All of these things are activities that keep me sane. They are the ways that I take care of myself.

Then I had a day when I crashed.
I couldn’t stop crying. I felt sick. I was both hungry and nauseous.
I had ignored all of the symptoms of stress and anxiety- so my body just yelled louder. It took a few days of down-time to get myself back on track. I am now consciously working on adding some of these self-care activities back into my routine.

Let this serve as a reminder to listen.

Pause reading and take three, long, deep breaths.

When you stop the “doing” of life and sit with yourself, you will provide yourself with the opportunity to hear what your body needs to tell you- tap into the mind-body connection. This will also help you become aware of your patterns and catch yourself slipping out of self-care rather than at the bottom of the ravine.

Be fully present with yourself. You are worth the time!

Be well!