“Keep trying!  Keep moving forward!”

We hear these supposedly positive messages all the time. I use them a lot to myself, kids, friends and clients a lot, too.

However, there are times those positive messages can be overwhelming, and make people exhausted for for achieving goals.

I was feeling absolutely swamped this morning with hundreds of things to do in 2 hours, thousands of things to do in a day, millions of things to do in a week. Just by thinking about them left me powerless and super stressed. I could not focus on a thing and could not keep going.

This is when I know I need to be kind to myself and pause everything (I used to push and push AND PUSH by snacking unnecessarily food...anyone?).

I gave myself a 30 minutes in nature, sat with all the overwhelming emotions, digested and absorbed them. I felt much better and decided to work on one “absolutely need to be done by noon today”. I gained clarity and I even had a chance to post this.

Sitting...