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My days begin and end with a gratitude prayer for all those who are serving as healers and caretakers right now, and all the love and encouragement that\u2019s being released into our world. This is the one thing each of us can do right now, even from \u201cbeing stuck at home\u201d.<\/div>\n
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Last week, I noticed a bit of chaos and overwhelm developing for me.<\/div>\n
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I read the news and predictions about the pandemic, I helped one of my sons work through some really difficult emotions (which brought up some of my own complex and difficult emotions), and I began to feel the pressure of needing to turn this time into something productive (after all, I do have a book that needs to be launched, gigs to reschedule, and a memoir to write).<\/div>\n
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But I knew I didn\u2019t want to carry this feeling of stress into the week ahead.<\/div>\n
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I decided to be mindful and protective of my mindset by:<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n\u00a0<\/div>\n\n- Getting news and information from a trusted source once in the morning and once after dinner. I also limit this to just a few minutes daily.<\/li>\n
- Stopping with scrolling through trending articles and videos, or keeping the radio on all day.<\/li>\n
- Tuning into how I feel and also giving myself credit for dealing with difficult emotions & permission to let go of expectations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\u00a0<\/div>\n(By the way, did last week’s blog post about mindfulness inspire you to do anything different? Did you find yourself being mindful about your thoughts, actions and intentions?)<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\nWe are in quarantine because we are all going through something hard, not because it\u2019s a global holiday or an extra day in which we are supposed to \u2018catch\u2019 up or \u2018get ahead\u2019 with work.<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\nBeing mindful showed me what I really needed and wanted: a sense of peace from which I can then show up <\/b><\/span>for my kids and for my community as the best version of myself.<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\nI took another step in handling chaos and overwhelm and decided to clean out and organize my office.<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\nI\u2019ve had a lot of stuff accumulate over the past three years\u2026Handling each piece of paper, old cards and pictures, kids\u2019 school work, grade reports, statements, reports, projects and journals, gave me a chance to bring up any residual emotions, process them and let them go.<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\nUnlike so many times in the past, I was mindful not to get stuck in any emotion or with any particular object. I was also mindful of time and stopped when it was time to make dinner (in the past I\u2019d put pressure on myself to finish the task and would drop everything else).<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\nAs a result, each evening I walked out of my (messy) office, with a bit of a deeper sense of peace.<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\n
I observed the lightness that opened up with the cleared space on my shelves and my drawers.<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n
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- Getting news and information from a trusted source once in the morning and once after dinner. I also limit this to just a few minutes daily.<\/li>\n
- Stopping with scrolling through trending articles and videos, or keeping the radio on all day.<\/li>\n
- Tuning into how I feel and also giving myself credit for dealing with difficult emotions & permission to let go of expectations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\u00a0<\/div>\n(By the way, did last week’s blog post about mindfulness inspire you to do anything different? Did you find yourself being mindful about your thoughts, actions and intentions?)<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\nWe are in quarantine because we are all going through something hard, not because it\u2019s a global holiday or an extra day in which we are supposed to \u2018catch\u2019 up or \u2018get ahead\u2019 with work.<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\nBeing mindful showed me what I really needed and wanted: a sense of peace from which I can then show up <\/b><\/span>for my kids and for my community as the best version of myself.<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\nI took another step in handling chaos and overwhelm and decided to clean out and organize my office.<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\nI\u2019ve had a lot of stuff accumulate over the past three years\u2026Handling each piece of paper, old cards and pictures, kids\u2019 school work, grade reports, statements, reports, projects and journals, gave me a chance to bring up any residual emotions, process them and let them go.<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\nUnlike so many times in the past, I was mindful not to get stuck in any emotion or with any particular object. I was also mindful of time and stopped when it was time to make dinner (in the past I\u2019d put pressure on myself to finish the task and would drop everything else).<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\nAs a result, each evening I walked out of my (messy) office, with a bit of a deeper sense of peace.<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\n
I observed the lightness that opened up with the cleared space on my shelves and my drawers.<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n
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