Colorful Intentions

A weekend of filling my cup! Brendon Burchard put on a great coaching summit in Austin and I am grateful for the wisdom, the inspiration and all of my amazing fellow high performance coaches. So good!

This theory has been tested for me and I’m guessing most of you this last year. Being in nature reminds me to believe and to surrender and trust that yes, everything is unfolding exactly as it should. I am stronger today than I was a year ago. I am wiser and more comfortable in my own skin. My heart is more full of love and I feel steeped into gratitude like never before. Having a tough year full of loss and turmoil, falling down and needing to pick myself up - it has all taught me so much. It’s not a year any of us asked for or would want repeated yet, damn, the lessons and how facing them allowed me to grow isn’t something I would want to give up.

One of my biggest lessons from a tough year... Knowing that I have everything I need to weather the storm. I have the tools to help with the anxiety and sorrow... I just need to allow myself space to sit with them and do what I gotta do. I have the love and support from people that care deeply... I just need to reach out and allow the love in. I have the resilience to continue to bounce back and back and back again, I just need to surrender more and trust.

Where do you need to trust & surrender more?

Let’s bring it - even more LOVE. Saw this out on a walk in Portland today. I feel like 2020 has been trying for everyone... are you letting it harden you, or is it evolving you and bringing a desire for more connection? Human beings are unstoppable when we lead from a passion to serve. It’s in all of us, and it’s a choice. I get it, a harder choice to make in trying times. Yet still a choice. Bring the love baby!

It’s been 74 days since the WHO declared Covid19 a pandemic and every human being on earth has had their life affected since that time. I heard the word Coronacoaster this week and it really resonates because, dang, there have been some ups and downs and unexpected twists and turns.

There was something about Friday this week that I experienced with more people I came in contact with (clients, friends, Facebook friends, people at the supermarket) feeling really fried from it all. Maybe it’s because in the US we were heading into Memorial Day weekend which is usually filled with bbqs and camping and summer gatherings that we all felt it more. Maybe it’s because it’s been 74 days of life being turned somewhat upside down, with a low level of fear that’s been with all of us.

Here’s what I know. . . Even the most resilient of us is being stretched with unexpected twists and turns at the moment.... and as thing start to open up more we’ll feel relief and fear and that whole cycle will continue messily around. There will be days you feel happy and content with the new normal, and days where you throw up your arms in sorrow or disbelief or frustration. Being intentional, taking care of yourself, finding peace in your heart and doing the habits that keep you focused are all more important than ever now. Have a daily practice, a ritual that helps you feel grounded. Expect that more unexpected will appear and have a plan for how you will find the ground underneath of you when it feels like there isn’t any. And connect - connect with those around you deeply. You family, your friends, your colleagues, your neighbors, your pets. Find a deeper level of empathy than ever before because a crisis like this that has been with us for a while and will continue to be, raises different things in all of us. Be compassionate about difference in views. Find collaboration and understanding instead of judgment and conflict.

Prime for resilience . . Don’t just expect it to be there. Work that muscle knowing it’s been relied upon even more than usual in the last 74 days. You got this! What is helping you find peace today?