How To Begin Again

When it feels like life is in the way.

“..it wasn’t so much what did I want to do. It was who I want to be.” — Diana Nyad

You can confess.

Your Mondays aren’t perfect. You too, can sometimes wake up in a negative spiral before your feet hit the ground. It is not pretty: sulking, complaining and unwilling to receive from what feels like a world you want nothing to do with.

It is this fearful thinking that can keep you hitting the snooze button.

Not because more sleep is needed, but because it is easier to float in an ocean full of thoughts that serve resentment, than to swim against the current and experience the greatness that both yourself and the world are made of.

It is on these mornings you may wonder:

How do I begin?

I get it. I too can have my routine and a schedule set, yet that powerful and underestimated space between meeting the day and being in it can sometimes feel too real to stand upright for.

So, on those mornings when it literally feels like someone needs to throw in a life preserver and pull you into the week, don’t rush. Don’t try to mentally figure it all out. Don’t overdose on affirmations. Don’t triple shot the espresso.

Don’t resist what is persisting.

Ask for help.

Try this simple practice to help you get clear and begin, again.

5-Step “Who I Get To Be” Practice:

  1. Get still.

Yes, you have to sit upright. Release any tightness in the body.

2. Close your eyes.

Focus on the colors you see. It helps silence any mental chatter.

3. Deeply inhale and exhale.

Continue to consciously connect your breathing throughout the practice.

4. Visualize yourself at your highest point of contribution.

Invite and welcome that vision of yourself into your space. Don’t limit that person to who you think he or she is, allow that person to surprise you. What has he or she chosen to believe is possible? What major things is he or she majoring in? What minor things have he or she released?

5. Ask for support. Ask for advice. Express gratitude.

Unconditionally receive the insight. Respect it as valid. Honor it as required. Use it as your thermostat for the rest of the week.

When you feel emotionally overwhelmed, it is easy to pile on unrealistic expectations of yourself to push through, to hustle.

But, what if you begin from compassion? A place where you allow vulnerability to nudge your view back to a point that encourages connection with your dreams, vision and mission in a loving way? What if you became interested in what you can do, and focused on what‘s possible because of it.. versus what you cannot control?

Why not confide in you, at your highest point of contribution?

That source understands who you are, how you arrived where you’re at, and will be straight up with you about the Yes and the No you get to own to help you move forward.

So, the next time a new week approaches and you don’t know how to begin because it feels like life is in the way.. call on your biggest supporter and ask: who do I get to be?

Trust the guidance.

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Wellness coach and writer exploring health through vulnerability.

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