Keep on Keeping On

I hope this email finds you well and you are feeling lighter after the Spring Equinox Portal on March 21st…

Even though I do very much wish that for you, there’s this cringey feeling of inauthenticity.

I know it’s difficult to navigate the world and even our own mind and emotions when we see such chaos and brutality on our phones … and … well… *wildly gestures at everything*.

I just want to let you know that you are doing your best - and that is enough.

✨ take an inhale ✨

✨ long slow exhale ✨

We are in this tight squeeze where we are bombarded by bad news and even worse news and it’s difficult to stay grounded during these times. I’m not going to offer any toxic positivity here - as there is a balance between stay informed (as much as you can handle) and living your life and feeling good about it. However, this balance can feel precarious as if we’re standing on the edge of a cliff. Sometimes I’m having a really good day and I feel bad about it and feel like I *could* be doing more or I *should* be doing more.

We are constantly surviving through unprecedented times - not just on a daily basis - but sometimes it feels hourly! We digest more information in a day than what our ancestors did in their entire lifetime. If your nervous system feels burnt out - that makes total sense!

The only things you can do are what feels manageable to you without you feeling overwhelmed or burnt out. Remember how we always talk about turbulence on a plane in my classes and why it’s important to put on your oxygen mask on first before helping the person next to you. This is such a perfect analogy because you can’t help anyone else if you are not helping yourself. You can’t save someone if you’re drowning too. You can’t give from an empty cup.

We desperately need to unlearn these patterns and re-parent ourselves with kindness and compassion. You are important. You matter. The world needs you as you are in your perfectly imperfect way.

When I say this I am also talking to myself of course, during my random health stuff I had in January I noticed my caretaking pattern take the driver’s seat and everything that came with it - overextending myself, people pleasing, saying yes when I wanted to say no, the feelings of guilt and shame that come from all that, the ruminating thoughts, sleepless nights, and then when all that goes on for too long - a sickness finally forms in the physical.

Cool Jess, so now what 😂

I’ve shared this philosophy with you before in classes, in sessions and consultations; I invite all of us in this moment to adopt the rebel archetype - the rebel archetype says fuck you I won’t do what you tell me (to quote Rage Against the Machine) and there is deep wisdom here.

How? you might ask.

Well, if the powers that be want us to feel overwhelmed, helpless, hopeless and sucked into our phones by churning our clickbait and rage bait and wars and files and other awful shit they are able keep our attention in this unending loop of trying understanding things that can’t possibly be understood.

So tell them fuck you I won’t do what you tell me and start to reclaim your life, your whimsy, your breath, and your nervous system. Limit your phone time, donate to authentic charities, go touch grass, go laugh, go protest - whatever it is that makes you feel good - in every way! Take a stand in a way that feels manageable and not overwhelming, stay informed but give yourself a boundary, stay happy and engaged. Stay grounded and healthy.

Let’s take this moment just after the Astrological New Year (that started on the Spring Equinox) to set our New Years Resolutions. Make a list and get creative. make a vision board, start a new hobby, set a new goal. Make it outlandish! Re-ignite your spark. And put yourself first because that’s the person you can change. Start from within and allow that to ripple out.

When you show up differently - the way you engage with others changes, therefore the space in between you and your community shifts; and that’s how we are able to affect change.

I hope this helps.

I always love hearing from you.

Thanks for being a part of my community.

With love, always

Jess 🤍