I do it to myself, the busyness, the overcommitment, the feeling that I am the only one that can do it, so I must do it all. In actuality the people and tasks that need me the most, I've been avoiding, telling myself they don't need me or not prioritizing appropriately. This spring I was at a tipping point, each night I was either at a school event, teaching yoga, coaching Girls on the Run or driving from one place or another, speeding along the way, to be at an activity for my kids. We were barely eating diner together as a family, maybe once a week. I haven't been working out, even my work out app We Rise , reminded me that it's been a while since I tracked a workout. The house was a mess, dog hair everywhere, dishes in the sink, clean clothes in laundry baskets just being recirculated through and the bathrooms, don't let me get started on bathrooms. When you live on well water, bathrooms are the worst to clean. You might be saying, why don't you get your ...
Winter has always been a difficult time for me. Being cold and lack of sunlight keeps me inside and away from nature. I can't stand being cold. Even inside I have on several layers; long sleeve shirts, double socks and slippers. I spend as little time as possible walking the dogs, out and about in the yard and I mostly end up sitting in-front of the TV instead of observing and enjoying nature around me. Multiple times per day I'll say, "why do I live here?" or "I need to move somewhere that is warm all the time". I feel so unmotivated when the weather is colder. My body uses so much energy just to stay warm, that any other activity is just too time consuming. My shoulders are constantly raised, my back is hunched over and I feel tense at all times. This feeling is essentially by body going through thermoregulation. My body struggles with thermoregulation which then significantly impacts my energy levels as well as regulating my immune system. When the weathe...