Self Like Life Coaching

There are so many quotes about how we shouldn’t waste time.

“Tomorrow isn’t promised”. “Seize the day”. “Time is money”.

All of these put a lot of pressure on how we should spend our time. It discounts the fact taking action isn’t the only valuable way to spend time.

Learning, collecting information, and building bravery or courage are all valuable ways to spend time too.

It doesn’t need to all happen right now. A small part can happen right now and that’s great too. That’s how progress works.

I can’t promise you’re going to be here tomorrow, but I can promise your today isn’t going to be as pleasant if you’re shaming yourself over not seizing the day.

Maybe it’s not about accomplishing. Maybe it’s just about being gentle and enjoying yourself. BUT IDK

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Back to the basics I go….

After a lot of change or a big shift I always find myself revisiting the basics…

Healing is complex and there are so many strategies and concepts that I love so much, but at times they can be limiting. Sometimes all I need is just to remember who I am.

That can be done with a snuggle with my cat, or on a walk by the lake.

it doesn’t need to be hard-core healing for it to be effective.

Something I created recently what is a roadmap back to my Self. My center - where not everything feels good and happy, but I feel peace and trust among the chaos.

Make your own roadmap. Ask yourself, what habits and actions:
1. Always make me feel good
2. Sometimes make me feel good
3. Certainly do not make me feel good

When I’m disconnected from my center it’s usually when I’m engaging a lot in the 3rd category.

I connect back to my Self by slowing down and doing this from the 1st category (even if I have to force myself 😉).

I am in a mild depressive episode y’all. It’s happened.

It happened for the first time in almost a year, but she’s back.

I know she’s back when I begin hearing vvveeerrry familiar lines of thoughts playing through my head.

Most of them are me strategizing how I can just be asleep and in bed ~all~ of the time - I know this is my depression because I don’t want to stay in bed. I want my life to be colorful and full. It’s the depression that tells me my bed is the only place that is safe.

It’s been a battle to get out of bed each morning. It’s been a battle to get myself to do anything really.

What am I doing to support myself?
So glad you asked, I actually made a list!
- Going to bed earlier
- Being gentle with myself
- Moving/going for walks
- Reaching out to friends
- Doing little things to make me feel cozy and safe (wearing my robe while I work, spending a little extra time snuggling with my cat)

The biggest difference for me with this episode is the deep belief that I have letting me know that this is temporary. It’s doesn’t feel good, but this isn’t my new normal and I know that.

I also continually disidentify from my depressive thoughts. I am not my depression. My depression lies to me and I know that.

I try to continually connect to what I know to be true. Not the worn out stories my depression brings along with it.

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Hi friends! I know some of you are new here, and I just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself.

Welcome to my page! It means the world to me that you trust my wisdom and insights. There is nothing that makes me more excited about healing work than sharing it!!!! Can’t wait to continue to grow with all of you.

Thank you so much for hanging out!