When something has to give

— by Dee Hardy — Shifting Tides Counselling

What would you do if you had a choice between the path that no longer services you or finding a better tomorrow?

What would it take for you to make change? Who would it impact? What is possible and what is not?

So many thoughts and options would go through your mind and at the end of it…there is only one question to ask.

What is the worst that can happen?

You are in a job that you are not happy with, your partner and kids complain that you are never present and you get blamed for everything. Work overwhelms you and a few times a year, you punch out and take off with your mates to ‘escape’ the world you live in, leaving an angry family unit. Inside, you are empty. There is no more job satisfaction, and this has in turn affected how you respond to your home situation and you are just over it.

You are not satisfied with work and your partner is not satisfied with you! You want to run away.

So what are the options available to you?

• Do you stay at your job?

• Do you leave your partner?

If you continue the way you are going, results show that high levels of stress and continued dissatisfaction can not only impact your mental wellbeing, but also your overall health.

Something has got to give.

When we are so close to the ‘mess’, sometimes the ability to navigate a pathway to find a solution evades you. You need to step back, take a breath and reflect on what you need…what your heart tells you and not what your mind dictates. We are so often in our heads that we forget to get in tune with our hearts, the core of who we are not what we are.

One small shift, like how you work, can take all the pressure off, which can have a positive ripple effect in all aspects of your life.

What do you need to shift to have a better tomorrow?