If you feel fear, you are living in the past or future. If you truly stay present, you can not be in fear.

Given that, I have been doing an excellent job of living in fear, not a place I want to stay.

The shootings at the end of 2021, in Denver ended across the street from where I practice yoga, the Marshall Fire which took down over 1000 structures was within a mile of my parents’ home, my dad (triple vaxxed) then landed in the ER with COVID, and I was with a family member at an unexpected oncology consult. 

Anyone would lose their sh*t, right? Nope, not necessarily.  I did though.

In each situation I was living fully in the future and taking on everyone’s imagined feelings. When I went to yoga I was not in the moment and kept tipping over, my brain spun out that my parents home would be gone, that my Dad would end up on a vent, and that a cancer diagnosis was coming.

Turns out I was completely safe at yoga, my parents’ home survived, Dad is home recovering in quarantine,and more tests were ordered.

My brain, which is completely normal, spun out of control in an attempt to keep me safe.  Although it had the opposite effect, my thoughts led to feeling frantic and fearful instead.

That was not necessary.  With coaching I got clarity.  I also decided, on purpose, that sometimes life is too much. As we head into month 23 of the pandemic I choose to start taking an anti anxiety med for a bit.  This is something millions have turned to in the pandemic to help make life a bit more manageable.

If you would like help for your brain — to keep it out of doom and gloom, or “awfulizing”, as one client calls it, reach out for a free coaching session. It is possible.  I just momentarily forgot.