From My Crazy Home To Yours…
I hope this email finds you and your family in good health. I wasn’t even sure if I should send this right now. In the past two weeks, you’ve been inundated with emails from every business that you’ve ever been in contact with letting you know what they’re doing because of Covid-19. It's been a while since you heard from me - after a bit of a winter hiatus and my own personal “hibernation”, I was all set to emerge with a terrific email last week… and then the world imploded. I am showing up right now because if this can help even one person, it’s worth another email in your inbox.
So I’m just here to say this - I hope you’re ok. I hope you and your loved ones are safe and healthy. I hope you’re taking time to be gentle with yourself, to connect with people you love, to breathe. I hope you’re giving yourself time to rest. I hope you remember that you don’t have to be a pro at homeschooling your kids or working from home. For those of you who are taking care of kids or parents - I hope you are also taking time to take care of you.
This is really fucking hard - isn’t it? There are lots of plates in the air: business, kids, homeschooling, health, food - and none of it looks anything like it’s ever looked before.
For me, the only thing that feels really easy right now is being hard on myself. And I’ve been REALLY great at that. It’s hard not to feel like you’re falling behind, like you’re doing a half-assed job at everything, like you’re going to lose your mind. Anyone relate? So I’m here to remind you (and myself) to cut yourself some slack right now. There’s no such thing as perfect - ever - but especially right now. It’s ok for everything to just be ok. It’s ok to slow down. It’s ok to want to scream or cry. It’s ok to ask yourself what YOU need in the midst of taking care of everyone else. Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing - you’re doing great.
Here’s what I’m up to in addition to my regular work: I’m blocking out a couple sessions a week for the next month for private pro bono coaching sessions. It’s a small way that I can give back to my community during this crazy unprecedented time.
And if there’s someone you know who might benefit from one of those free coaching calls during this time - to have a safe place to be open and process, to discover how to use this crazy time to your advantage, to get crystal clear on what’s important to you, or to get some help figuring out how to make time for yourself - please feel free to send this along to them as well.
And inside of all of this, don’t forget to look for the good in each day. Even though my Monday started with lots of tears (myself included) and an epic, guttural thirty second get-it-all out scream, we ended the day with my kids teaching me a tik tok dance and lots of laughs, reminding me that even after a full ten days of only hanging out with each other, my family does really like each other. Hang in there. We’ll all get through this.