What's Up Been in Terra Nova Land?

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Dear Friend,

Life has been rocky for me lately. For what seems like the billcionth time this year, my kids and I were hit with a string of nasty illnesses. My most recent, super fun foray into the croupy Halls of Sickness was a bout of bronchitis over Winter Break! Yay! I mean, who doesn't want bronchitis for Christmas?

For months now, my stress levels have been hovering at an unsustainable

level due to the instability that these illnesses have caused and the fact that I've had almost zero alone time since my son was born almost 4 years ago. Every time we get sick, I lose out on time to build my business and make money and I get further and further behind on chores and other projects. And being an introvert, all people and no personal time makes Nova an angry mommy!

Seriously, I'm tired of it all, y'all!

Up until the last few weeks I was like Luisa from Encanto, just trying to hold everything together despite all the challenges and pressure...

You know... the "pressure that'll tip,tip, tip til you just go pop" as Luisa sings in her song (seek link below).

And "pop" it did...

A couple of times!

I'm telling you...

Complete meltdowns!

Even with knowing and using all of my incredible tools for self-regulation like deep breathing and EFT Tapping, I still fall outside my window of tollerance from time to time. When that happens I know that it's time to ask for some help.

Thankfully, I have a beautiful wise friend whom I called after one of my recent meltdowns and she helped me find a solution to a problem that has been plaguing me for years. All it took was a simple, gentle suggestion and reframe and my world shifted away from resistance and towards greater ease.

I took a few weeks to impliment, but I'm proud to say that I am finally getting some "me time" every morning and it has been completely transformative. Every moring, before my kids wake up, I've been getting about one hour of time to take care of myself - ALONE! By doing so, I start each day with a full cup of love and energy. It's amazing how much easier it is to show up for the people you have to care for when your own cup isn't completely dry!

Now if I only my kid and I would quit getting sick! I'm pretty sure we've paid our dues on that one for a while and we'll be turning that corner soon...

I mean, things are looking up!

Good things are coming!

I can adopt a "pronoic" way of looking at things! (maybe... we'll see...)

At any rate, I'm no longer trying to do everything from the self-sacrificing position of exhaustion and depletion because I'm finally counting myself IN and I encourage you to do so as well, if you don't already.

You and your needs are important! Especially if you care for others either in a job, as a parent, or as some other type of carer, you NEED time and space to fill up your own cup.

What are some ways that you can do that right now?

If you need help seeing possibilities, why not sign up for a free 30 minute coaching call with me? You can sign up by clicking the button below!

Otherwise, would you send me an email to share with me your favorite ways to take care of and nourish yourself? I'd love to know!

Well... that's all for now, but there's more to come! I'm actually trying to make this email newsletter a more regular thing from now on. But don't fret! I promise not to spam you, I'm too busy for that anyway!

All my best,

Nova

Oh! And here's that link to watch Luisa's awesome song which was sung by Jessica Darrow. Surface Pressure from Encanto (YouTube Video) Hope you enjoy it!
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