Embracing Discomfort (in Challenging Times)

Holding hope in this reality is no small feat 

We’ll be tempted to slip into despair or rage on countless days. 

And some days we must …

To face our deepest fears and sorrows to discover we are not powerless against them. 

My current mantra is this:

“I allow myself to feel the discomfort of____.”

Finish the sentence for yourself 

Some other practical ways I am helping myself move through discomfort in order to alchemize it and transform it into Gold: 

• Refusing to abandon myself by reinforcing boundaries and the bar for how I will and will not be treated

• connecting with like-minded friends and mentors, to process my honest and sometimes, messy human feelings in a safe and trust-worthy space (that last part is so important!)

• Returning again and again, sometimes in the same day, to the practices and tools that help me move through difficult emotions

• Nurturing myself with whole foods, ample water, vitamins and adequate sleep

• Praying out loud about practically everything — and asking for Divine help

• Continuing to tend to and show up for my daily affairs, rather than withdrawing into a hole or isolation

• Giving thanks for those who continue to show up, wake up and speak out

  
  Don’t fight the resistance friends. 

  Embrace it as a valuable ally 

  to making the unconscious blocks in your life, conscious 

  and discovering what still needs attention and love, in order to stop holding you back. 

  Transform THAT and you’ll be unstoppable. 

  First come surrender. 

  Then comes release. 

  Resurrection follows. 

  This is The Way.

  Walk in it. 

  We can do it together!