All of these posts and conversations are to get us to SLOW down enough to understand HOW these times make us FEEL and HOW they impact our HEALTH. Stress in all forms IS essential to our lives. It helps us grow, learn and become more resilient. Chronic stress however (in this case chronic "busy-ness") is NOT healthy

Change only feels hard because it's NEW and DIFFERENT from our current "default mode". Practice the change you want, and it will BE your new "default mode".

Once again, we want to find our BALANCE. A little searching and busy-ness, paired with a little action (on ourselves) and slowing down for a bit will have you feeling drastically different in your energy levels and wellbeing.

Your individual existence is a near-miraculous event, occurring against "stupendous odds,"...

I'm NOT going to comment further or add anything to this beautifully worded poem. I will suggest writing it out, reading it again and again, and letting these words sink in deep.

SLOWING DOWN and SAYING "NO" is NEVER a bad thing when it's for YOUR HEALTH. We ALL need to practice this FACT more.

It sets my mind on a track to do this as my day unfolds. I know, even when I'm busy or feeling a bit rushed - it's ONE minute.

A week into the challenge, I noticed she had marked NOTHING. Again, it's totally optional, but I found this odd for HER.

Leaving "cracks in the foundation" is practiced CONSTANTLY in our modern society, because we all just want to be "THERE". At the goal. At the end point, where we think "everything will be great".

Slowing down, especially during busy times like the holidays, is a STRENGTH that will feel SO GOOD you can only understand by EXPERIENCING IT FOR YOURSELF.

This client quote has got to be one of my favourite quotes of the year!

None of it means "you're failing" or that you "should" or "need" to push more on yourself.

The change YOU need to make in this case, in order to get MORE movement in CONSISTENTLY during busy times (and non-busy times alike) is to do the following things, that come from your MINDSET....

"Quiet Victories" by Jessica Kate

Beginning to practice one or two of these will help give you TWO things NOW: 1) You WON'T keep practicing putting yourself and your wellbeing off for "later". 2) It will help you more easily reach for SIMPLE and DO-ABLE practices instead of TOO BIG TOO SOON.

We "should" be striving for something. Wait... Isn't "striving for something" another way of saying "making progress"? Isn't "making progress" still moving forward? ... I KNOW it is! And moving forward is creating positive change!

We are in an EPIDEMIC of "BUSY" that is negatively impacting our deep health. Period.

"We don't have to talk to ourselves cheesey or unrealistic, but rather more like a coach!" ~ Dan Harris

My most successful clients are those who take their health and wellbeing into their own hands.