So…Here. We. Are.

This is a moment, friends. This past week, the world turned upside down & now, we find ourselves in this new Covid reality. A place, where we’re all improvising. Of course we feel uncertain, stressed, perhaps isolated. This is some scary sh*t! There’s so much to process and absorb. I have moments when I’m a mess–& then graceful moments when I stop thinking/planning, when I breathe and allow my wisdom/intuition to guide me.

In those moments, I’m able to see this as a time for quiet. For letting go. For stillness (which we often resist). For healing from the previous long-term stresses of our lives – the chronic doing, pushing, rushing, striving.

Still, it’s been hard for me to write. Hard for me to sit and focus— especially after talking w/friends, family, clients in NYC. Hard to sit w/my grief, sadness. Heartbreak over my home.

I often need to step back, step away. I find myself dreaming…
…of shelves filled with Lysol wipes and toilet paper.
Dreaming of the AFTER….
(Yes, there will be an after!) —
Meals w/friends, vibrant, city streets, concerts in the park.
Like you, I am human, vulnerable, still struggling to get my mind
around this.

And yet…
…I’m here, as are you. Showing up, one shaky step at a time.
Grieving. Healing. Dreaming. Doing my best to let the present moment be a
place of peace and nourishment. Doing all the silly, small things that make
me happy. Making a space daily for dreaming (Yay, NAPS!).
How are you? Women I talk with say they feel exhausted, overwhelmed,
stressed, grieving in waves. Still, they’re hopeful, engaged, hungry,
roasting chicken, stirring soup, baking bread. Or—Gazing out of the
window. Doing nothing at all.

I recommend:
GO SLOW. Eat what you want. Doing is optional. Stay in the moment.
Allow your dreams to come. They will restore you. Nourish you.
In them, you will see glimmers of the new, the next. You’ll get glimpses of
the way you might return to the world, AFTER.
Breathe. Be very kind. This is hard & You are amazing

What have your dreams been telling you about what you’ve postponed and
what you want going forward? ❤