Stress is awesome (in moderation)
“Wasn’t that awesome?!” our team captain came bounding into the locker room.
Painful. Intense. Exhausting, sure. But, awesome?
Coach had run us so hard I thought I’d puke. I was dying! And I was freaking out a little that my lungs and legs were burning SO bad.
She loved to push herself. She had a much more positive view of physical stress than I did. She knew stress wasn’t always bad or toxic. She had a healthy stress mindset. I had yet to develop that.
transitions
The first time the word transitions caught my notice, I was a recent college grad, teaching on a Caribbean Island. I was on the adventure of a lifetime!
On this particular day, maybe three weeks into my grand adventure, I felt deflated.
Swamped. Out of my depth. Sad. Overwhelmed.
Until I read an article that changed my perspective. Suddenly my overwhelm was no longer a sign of weakness. It felt… legit. Reasonable, even.
Transitions always involve an ending
It was my first Thanksgiving home in years. When we went around the table naming what we were thankful for, I faltered.
I did have much to be thankful for, yet other feelings preoccupied me. I felt adrift, disoriented, misunderstood and a bit disappointing. And I couldn’t quite grasp why.
I’d been so excited to come home. And yet, I didn’t feel at home at all. This was the place where I used to belong and was used to belonging, but I no longer fit.
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