THE BEST WAY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE IS TO CREATE IT Déborah Nichol
“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” ~ Jack Kornfield.
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he day the world stopped...what a crazy statement? Right? However, here we are, living this life that feels surreal. We are inundated with information coming from every direction. Some of these information sources are unhelpful and cause more stress and anxiety as if we don’t have enough to deal with already. So, what is helpful? How do we make it through when we can’t see the light at the end of it? What do we do when we feel like we have lost everything? How do we navigate this new reality? What does it mean for our kids, our businesses, our jobs? What is everything going to look like after, jeez, never mind
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after, how the hell am I going to get through the day? So far the consensus of coping is, baking to feel productive, Netflix binging to distract us, Wine and other beverages to feel like we can cope and of course eating our feelings, sometimes doing most of these while we zoom with friends and family. Don’t get me wrong, as I have been guilty of all of the above, but these things in great quantity actually keep us from acknowledging and addressing our feeling and emotions. Who cares? Well, you might want to...because the best way to not only survive this but figure out how to thrive from it.
