When The World Feels Heavy

It is hard to watch the news as Russia invades Ukraine.

The world feels heavy right now.

So much uncertainty.

So many wanting to help but don’t know how.

At times like this, it’s even more important to go inwards before doing anything else....

A few reminders:

✅ You do not have to take a strong stand on every issue. Don’t fall for knee-jerk activism and feel pressured into commenting on issues you don’t know a lot about. (It’s ok to not know everything about every issue and stick to the ones near and dear to your heart that you have done the work to educate yourself on.)

✅ You can express heartache and sympathy for people’s suffering without making a strong statement for or against anything else.

✅ You can have opinions and gut feelings without sharing them if it doesn’t feel right to you.

✅ You can make mistakes. It’s ok- it’s how we learn. 

✅ You do not have to go down the doom scrolling rabbit hole of depressing news. 

If you’re driven to educate yourself - it doesn’t have to be through heavily charged social media posts and news segments that are designed to activate your nervous system. 

And if you find your nervous system is activated (kind of hard to avoid these days)- remind yourself, we never have the most impact when we’re disregulated and not thinking clearly and critically.

 Some tips to bring yourself back to baseline:

💗 Move your body! Go for a walk, take an exercise class, dance to your favorite music. Just allow the emotion to move and process through your body.

💗Try some self-soothing tools like breath work, tapping, havening… or just running your fingers through your hair.

💗 Give yourself whatever time and space you need to feel whatever you’re feeling - cry, scream, vent - whatever you need!

And once you’re able to access your clear, brilliant mind…. just ask yourself:

What can I do?
What is within my control?

Maybe it’s committing to learning more… and maybe, it’s “just” committing to add more light and kindness to the world.

For all of us, times like this are a reminder of how important the inner work is. 

Cultures, companies, societies, and governments are all made up of people. The more people that do the inner work, the better off we all are.

I’m here to help you do that.