Inner Compass Counselling

Have you been inundated with posts about New Years Resolutions? "New Year, New You" can feel exciting and hopeful....and can sometimes make us feel shame for showing up each year as the same old person. What if you are enough just the way you are (spoiler alert: you are;). What if, instead of trying to become "better", we all considered new ways to love and be gentle with ourselves this year...?

If you're wondering where to start with this, counselling may be helpful. Check us out to see if we're a good fit for you.

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Let’s change the narrative around “laziness”. The inability to “do things” or “be productive” is not a moral indication of a person’s desire to “get things done”. Rather, it can actually be a sign of the nervous system’s response to threat. When we respond to threat, our nervous system takes over in an effort to keep us safe, and will put us swiftly into states of fight, flight, freeze, fawn, or flop. These states can look like paralysis or procrastination (and many other things ;). When this happens, check in with your body. Notice what messages it might be sending you, and considering small, gentle movements to bring it back to a safety, such as:

- moving your eyes back and forth from left to right
- paced breathing
- Rock back and forth gently
- Hum a tune

When you’re feeling lazy, it’s a good time to be gentle with yourself.

If you’d like to learn more about ways to support your nervous system in these ways, connect with us @ www.innercompasslondon.ca