When I’m driving on the highway and someone zooms past me at high speed or weaves in and out of traffic to ‘get ahead’ I always wonder, “where are you rushing to?” And is putting your life and mine at risk worth shaving a few seconds off your ride?
I’m a slow mover by nature. To be healthy and happy, I require a lot of spaciousness and breathing room in my life to think, connect the dots inside my mind, process, putter, and integrate. I lived most of my life in chronic pain, had a disease as a child and now a hip replacement that brings physical limitations and I walk with a limp.
But though I’m not wired for hustle-culture, I’ve built a brave and beautiful life at my own rhythm. I move through life in a (mostly) soul-honouring and sustainable way and this helps me feel safe, at home, and joyful in my body and life.
SOME KEY IDEAS:
- We can’t pour out what we don’t also pour in.
- Performance and productivity do not prove your worth. You can opt out of hustle-culture (or at least not judge yourself by it).
- There is beauty and wisdom to be mined in every season - even the hardest (and slowest) of them. Knowing the season(s) you’re in increases peace and wellbeing.
- Simple habits, rituals, and practices that honour your wiring will help you build a life you desire and more fully express the truth of who and how you choose to be in the world.
- Build the muscle of imperfect action. We find our way in action not before. Slow and steady action with consistency leads to powerful results.
- Whether healing, grieving, creating, walking, or … you get to move at the pace of your nervous system. Begin as you mean to go on.
- Spring for me is an invitation to rest, recalibrate, and restore. Build rest and check-points into your day, week, season, and year to guard your mind-body health and live aligned with your values and priorities.
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