Starting the New Year...Now.
Here we are in February. January was in a word...growth.
Losing my dad was hard. It’s still hard. And grief is a process. There are moments when I remember a funny thing he used to say or something I used to nag him about that brings me to tears within an instant.
But the space in between those memories and the present moment is widening, creating a beautiful space for transformation.
I miss my dad. I will always miss him in the form that I knew him.
As I took time off to heal, to grieve, to process, to allow, I got to see all my amazing fellow go-getters kicking ass and taking names…
New year! New You!
Unstoppable 2021!
Momentum! Growth!
Take it to the next level NOW!
5 years ago, I would have slapped on an additional serving of shame and guilt for NOT “being there.”
You know...not in the hustle, bustle, and exhilarating growth of it all.
But I’ve done enough internal work to know...
There is a time for the growth of working your wings to fly higher and there is a time for growth that is in the cocoon.
I needed to go into the cocoon.
BECAUSE REST, PROCESSING HOW YOU FEEL, INTERNALIZING, ALLOWING, PRESENCE - IT’S ITS OWN FORM OF GROWTH.
It’s not the type that everyone necessarily praises.
Or the one, that quite, frankly, high achievers like to be in.
(We don’t like it when something knocks us completely off our game and onto our ass...it fucks with that whole “achieving,” do-do-do, push yourself harder, masculine model of the world.)
Just like with working a muscle, there is both the WORK and the REST involved in the growth process. When you exercise (aka “do the work”) you create microscopic tears in your muscle tissue. When you rest, cells called fibroblasts repeat those muscle tears. This helps your tissue heal and grow resulting in strong muscles.
GROWTH, UNSTOPPABILITY, RESILIENCE IS FORGED IN BOTH THE WORK AND THE REST.
That’s the dance between your masculine and feminine energy.
Masculine: the doing of transforming.
Feminine: the resting + receiving transformation.
And knowing which stage of growth you’re in, is essential to the health of your growth.
Push too much...you spasm.
You overdo.
Overcommit.
Overwhelm.
Burn out.
Knowing which stage of growth you’re in is essential to the health of your growth.
Here’s the beautiful part about being in the cocoon…
When you’re in the cocoon…
And you freaking CHOOSE and KNOW you chose to be in the cocoon...
You can watch your fellow caterpillars and butterflies experiencing their stage of growth transformation without any need to rush your own.
The day after you do leg day at the gym, you wouldn’t feel bad the next day at the gym watching your fellow gym-goers doing their leg day because you weren’t doing it too...that would be silly.
It’s a different day for you! Your legs are resting.
So then…
Why do we rush through the rest process in our lives or in our businesses?
WHAT IF YOU HONORED THE REST PERIOD IN YOUR LIFE MORE?
Maybe you’d experience more freedom.
Maybe you’d have more joy.
Maybe you’d even be MORE productive because you’d honored the natural cycle of work and rest.
So while I may be a month later than the rest of the world, in my world, as I come back into the swing of this beautiful new year of possibility…
I’m right on time.
And so are you.
Thank you for being here with me.
Remember, your reign is now.
P.S. After a few weeks off, I’m now accepting consult calls again and absolutely LOVING being back in the swing of it. If your 2021 started a little later than everyone else's, or if you started on working toward those 2021 resolutions, but somehow got lost along the way, then let’s have a conversation.
These consult calls are designed to ACCELERATE + TRANSFORM you from right where you’re at.
Because that’s the perfect place to start.
REGISTER + JOIN ME NOW FOR A 1:1 ACCELERATION CONSULT
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