{"id":7495,"date":"2022-03-16T10:44:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T15:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tatianacameron.com\/?p=7495"},"modified":"2022-03-16T10:50:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T15:50:46","slug":"are-you-stuck-in-a-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tatianacameron.com\/dev\/are-you-stuck-in-a-loop\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Stuck in a Loop?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-53px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;1640px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||0px||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text disabled_on=&#8221;on|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;2.5em&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|125px||123px||&#8221; inline_fonts=&#8221;Nunito&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">What are some patterns or habits in your life that you want to change?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">Maybe you tried something before and it didn\u2019t work. You find yourself back in that old loop of negative thoughts or you keep reaching for the chips, bonbons, or alcoholic drinks. Or maybe no matter how much you try, you seem to end up in the same argument with your spouse\/partner\/child.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">All of these patterns and habits drag us into discomfort. Even though nothing is terribly \u2018wrong\u2019 with our lives, we can feel stuck, unhappy, unfulfilled, unhealthy, and discouraged.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\"><strong>We often resign ourselves to living in these loops\/patterns\/habits, without bothering to change them.<\/strong>\u00a0We tell ourselves it\u2019s just the way it is, it\u2019s our lot, our cross, our valley of tears &#8211; and we are happy to make excuses instead of a commitment to making a change.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">At the same time, we all have\u00a0<em>ideas\u00a0<\/em>of how we would like to see the world\u00a0<em>around us\u00a0<\/em>change &#8211; stop the war, lower gas prices, or whatever you are passionate about.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">(What comes up for me when I think of this is: \u201cHow can you say to your brother,\u00a0<em>&#8216;Let me take the speck out of your eye,&#8217;<\/em>\u00a0when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?\u201d)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">I invite you to pause and ask yourself:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">How committed am I to working on my well-being?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">How does the amount of energy and time I spend on self-care compare to what I put into other work I\u2019m doing?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">Am I happy with the balance?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">Recently, in my physical therapy session, I worked on breaking the habit of using back muscles while bending forward and lifting things. I can\u2019t begin to describe how much brain power it took for me to isolate the muscle group I was trying to use &#8211; how awkward and weird it felt. It was almost like I was using a different body, not my own, LOL.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">This is exactly how it feels when we are replacing a habit or pattern that isn\u2019t serving our emotional, mental, or spiritual health &#8211; awkward, weird, even terrifying. It can also be defeating, because the moment I don\u2019t focus on the new group of muscles, my body slips back into its old way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">My therapist suggested I use breath to reset whenever I noticed the wrong muscles tensing up (or hurting).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">I knew that\u2026 LOL.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;2.5em&#8221; min_height=&#8221;721px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; inline_fonts=&#8221;Nunito&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; font-size: 18px; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 25.2px; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #000000; word-break: break-word;\"><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; font-size: 18px; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 25.2px; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #000000; word-break: break-word;\"><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; font-size: 18px; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 25.2px; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif; color: #000000; word-break: break-word;\"><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">What are some patterns or habits in your life that you want to change?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">Maybe you tried something before and it didn\u2019t work. You find yourself back in that old loop of negative thoughts or you keep reaching for the chips, bonbons, or alcoholic drinks. Or maybe no matter how much you try, you seem to end up in the same argument with your spouse\/partner\/child.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">All of these patterns and habits drag us into discomfort. Even though nothing is terribly \u2018wrong\u2019 with our lives, we can feel stuck, unhappy, unfulfilled, unhealthy, and discouraged.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\"><strong>We often resign ourselves to living in these loops\/patterns\/habits, without bothering to change them.<\/strong>\u00a0We tell ourselves it\u2019s just the way it is, it\u2019s our lot, our cross, our valley of tears &#8211; and we are happy to make excuses instead of a commitment to making a change.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">At the same time, we all have\u00a0<em>ideas\u00a0<\/em>of how we would like to see the world\u00a0<em>around us\u00a0<\/em>change &#8211; stop the war, lower gas prices, or whatever you are passionate about.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">(What comes up for me when I think of this is: \u201cHow can you say to your brother,\u00a0<em>&#8216;Let me take the speck out of your eye,&#8217;<\/em>\u00a0when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?\u201d)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">I invite you to pause and ask yourself:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">How committed am I to working on my well-being?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">How does the amount of energy and time I spend on self-care compare to what I put into other work I\u2019m doing?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">Am I happy with the balance?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">Recently, in my physical therapy session, I worked on breaking the habit of using back muscles while bending forward and lifting things. I can\u2019t begin to describe how much brain power it took for me to isolate the muscle group I was trying to use &#8211; how awkward and weird it felt. It was almost like I was using a different body, not my own, LOL.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">This is exactly how it feels when we are replacing a habit or pattern that isn\u2019t serving our emotional, mental, or spiritual health &#8211; awkward, weird, even terrifying. It can also be defeating, because the moment I don\u2019t focus on the new group of muscles, my body slips back into its old way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">My therapist suggested I use breath to reset whenever I noticed the wrong muscles tensing up (or hurting).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">I knew that\u2026 LOL.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/tatianacameron.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Blog-Banner-TC.com-5.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Blog Banner TC.com (5)&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text disabled_on=&#8221;on|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;2.5em&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|122px||123px||&#8221; inline_fonts=&#8221;Nunito,Numans&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\"><strong>Breath is a superpower!\u00a0<\/strong>Like a magic wand that directs our awareness to where we want it to be &#8211; instead of letting our monkey brain and our muscle memory take us away from it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">Try it!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">Whenever you notice a pattern, a habit that you know is not promoting your wellbeing, stop and take a breath. Reset. Bring into your awareness what you really want and need. And then take the next step.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">Now here is the thing\u2026 you might try this and then tell me that it didn\u2019t work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">I couldn\u2019t retrain my muscles by myself. I needed the physical therapist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">You might need an accountability partner or a coach.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Or&#8230; a really awesome<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tatianacameron.kartra.com\/page\/wellbeingwithtajci\"> 8-week class and coaching program on well-being<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> \ud83d\ude42\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">I\u2019d love to support you through learning some new patterns that will support your health and help you change the old habits that might be causing you pain and discomfort.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">It will be a very small group, so I can give plenty of attention to every participant. It\u2019s different from the one I taught last year &#8211; this includes coaching too!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;2.5em&#8221; inline_fonts=&#8221;Nunito&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\"><strong>Breath is a superpower!\u00a0<\/strong>Like a magic wand that directs our awareness to where we want it to be &#8211; instead of letting our monkey brain and our muscle memory take us away from it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">Try it!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">Whenever you notice a pattern, a habit that you know is not promoting your wellbeing, stop and take a breath. Reset. Bring into your awareness what you really want and need. And then take the next step.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">Now here is the thing\u2026 you might try this and then tell me that it didn\u2019t work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">I couldn\u2019t retrain my muscles by myself. I needed the physical therapist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">You might need an accountability partner or a coach.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Or&#8230; a really awesome<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tatianacameron.kartra.com\/page\/wellbeingwithtajci\"> 8-week class and coaching program on well-being<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> \ud83d\ude42\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">I\u2019d love to support you through learning some new patterns that will support your health and help you change the old habits that might be causing you pain and discomfort.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">It will be a very small group, so I can give plenty of attention to every participant. 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Living Room concerts are getting to be my favorite!!!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Maybe you want to have one for your friends?\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/686959690\/1255129e31\">Here is a song,<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">one I often love to do during living room concerts&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.7&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;2.5em&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||4px|||&#8221; inline_fonts=&#8221;Nunito&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Nunito; font-weight: normal; color: #000000;\">I\u2019m so happy to be on the road and doing concerts. 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You find yourself back in that old loop of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Well, I was going to write a different email today, but then something amazing happened yesterday: Olivia Newton-John and her daughter Chloe Lattanzi released a song, \u201cWindow in the Wall\u201d, which I co-wrote with two other songwriters.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I knew it was coming (and I had to keep it secret until it was officially released), but I had no idea what would happen when it was released, and more importantly, how I would feel about it.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>My Nashville friends tell me it\u2019s a big deal :) And it was a bit surreal hearing Olivia talk about the song on the TODAY show, knowing we wrote it in my piano room :)<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You know how it is\u2026 You show up every day and do your work. You keep at it, you push through the hard times, and you learn to enjoy every minute of it - because after so many ups and downs, you learn to let go of your attachment to the outcome and you trust that Love (God) will organize all the pieces (that you put your heart into) for you. (I just wrote a poem about that last week. LOL)<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You find satisfaction in your work - especially when it touches someone, or provides value for someone - which is the case with all meaningful work!<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And you are happy. Fulfilled.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Like my son, Blais, who got himself a job at the local grocery store. After his first day of training, I asked him what his responsibilities would be. He said \u201cI\u2019m in customer service. And that means my job is to make people feel welcomed, valued, seen, and heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>When he came home from his first day of work, he was glowing! He had been corralling shopping carts and bagging groceries for six hours, but he didn\u2019t even mention that. ALL he experienced was interacting with customers. He felt incredibly accomplished because he told me, he got to talk to people, ask them how their day went, and make them feel good. He brought me a bunch of roses because he said he was moved by someone who was buying roses for their mother.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>THIS was a life-defining moment for him. Blais\u2019 manager could have told him his job was to bag groceries quickly and efficiently, and to compete with the next kid at the number of shopping carts they can pull in one swoop. <strong>Instead, they gave him the gift of a mindset that puts people - and service - before productivity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I guess the manager also knows that with that mindset, Blais will naturally work faster and more efficiently - and everyone wins. And of course, this takes trust. Being pleasant to customers isn\u2019t something a manager can put out as a neat checklist or a measurable goal. Trust.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Now, back to my song\u2026<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>A few years back, when I first moved to Nashville, I met Tom Paden, a songwriter who wrote hit songs for artists like Reba McEntire. Tom suggested we co-write a song that I would record and enter it into the Eurovision Song Contest. A few days later, he showed up at my house with his writing partner, Eddie Kilgallon.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tom and Eddie had an idea for a song about the Wall (as in the Berlin wall) - an anthem about what happens when the wall comes down and people come together.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>You can imagine I had a few things to say about that, LOL\u2026 but the most important thing for me was that <strong>big changes don\u2019t happen fast.<\/strong> It\u2019s a process.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>(Full disclosure here: I wasn\u2019t talking about life in Europe. I was drawing from my marriage struggles. Matthew and I had just come out of our separation and were working on healing our relationship.)<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>When the conflict grows too big, we build walls because we need something to keep us from charging at each other, and constantly attacking.<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then, the wall keeps us away. But our anger and unresolved conflicts grow in our minds and hearts, which makes the other side seem full of dark shadows and scary monsters.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We keep this up for a while, but eventually we get tired (because anger and fear are exhausting, and walls make us feel constricted).<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Then something happens, or someone comes along who inspires us to address the wall (because there is still the Divine that finds a way to interfere with our human quarrels and stubbornness) and we feel willing to try.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>What happens in that moment is what this song talks about.<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tom and Eddie put a demo together and it came out so well that we decided to pitch it to some major artists (instead of having me sing it).<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>I released my attachment to the outcome, and trusted that Eddie and Tom knew what they were doing. We all wanted the song to get out there and reach a lot of people with its beautiful message and melody. Tom and Eddie did a lot of pitching, but they also trusted that the right artist would come along. Olivia Newton-John heard the song (through a very unconventional channel connected to her non-profit) and was immediately drawn to it.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>:)<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Trust. Do the work and then trust.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u201cWindow in the Wall\u201d is perfect for the times we live in. I\u2019ve been reading the comments on Olivia\u2019s social media, and people are already commenting on how much they needed this shot of hope and encouragement.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So here are three things I hope can be a bit of an inspiration for you today:<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>(1) Keep showing up. Find little joys in everyday tasks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>If you are out of work, keep finding meaningful work - learn something, help someone, create something. Nourish your soul, mind, and heart with uplifting content - music, art. Nurture your body with healthy foods and walks in nature. Update your resume, research or contact potential employers, rebrand yourself if you have to (I\u2019ve done that a few times\u2026), stay in shape, and then let it go.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Trust. 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