We're not doing great and we're not here to pretend otherwise.
In episode 199 of The Empowered and Embodied Show, Kim Romain and Louise Neil show up exactly as they are — exhausted, angry, tumbled around by a world on fire. They talk honestly about what it actually takes to find your footing when everything feels like a giant what-the-f**k moment.
They're not looking for the why or the right answer. But what happens when you stop pushing for a minute and let yourself be.
They talk grounding... not as a practice you have to set up perfectly, but as something that can happen on a walk, in a backyard, in five minutes between things. They talk about why the question "why" stops serving us at a certain point, what self-trust actually looks like when there are no clear answers, and why "it depends" might be the most empowering thing you can say right now.
This one's for anyone walking around with their hands in the air wondering "what the f**k?!" Which, honestly, feels like most of us these days.
Key Takeaways:
Key Moments:
00:00 Intro and Welcome
01:52 When neither of us are doing okay
03:42 Midlife + world on fire = a lot
06:33 What grounding actually is
10:32 Being held (even when you don't know you need it)
16:54 Just being and why it works
19:05 What to do with a what-the-f**k moment
20:36 Do we always need the why?
24:34 When the right answer doesn't exist
29:49 "It depends" is a real answer
33:41 Taking the next step anyway
37:34 Getting off autopilot
40:16 Coming back to yourself
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