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Discussion: During an intense time in your life, is it possible to still show up consistently?

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So let's say you're having a particular intense time in your life and we all get there for various reasons some of us, it's like we suddenly have to do caretaking for a while and it's an intense time because a family member may be very ill or kind of on the verge of passing. Or our own illness, you know, or something else that, you know, sort of like a life big life change and it's very intense. And then, like, you know, I always tell you to show up consistently, to create content consistently. How do you still how is it possible to still manage that during an intense time like like this? Well, Yeah.
It's tricky. And in fact, I really do welcome anybody to ChatGPT below and what do you think about the possibility of showing up consistently, for example, creating content while still having such intensity in your life. First of all, it's always okay to take time off, of course, when there is an intense, yeah, when there's some really intense time. If you can especially if you can foresee that there is a that you can take a take a period of time to really and to to deal with that with that moment within yourself and within the family or within the that your life, it's like to to take, like, a week or 2 weeks or a month even to deal to to be to prepare yourself essentially for these intense emotions. And to not have not not feel the pressure of creating content, the obligation of doing so.
I think that's reasonable. Really is My concern is for the person who says who who who might notice themselves just going from intense period to intense period in their life. And it, like, never stops. Be and and that's true for some people are very they feel a lot. Some of us just feel a lot more than others.
And so it's kind of like all the time. It's not all the time, but it's like throughout the year, there's 10 months where we feel intense and emotional and just a lot lot going on. And so therefore, the danger there is, well, you always have an excuse not to show up because of this big thing that happened. And the next month, that big thing happen and the next month that big thing happen. Now whether those things are truly big, of course, it's, you know, it's you you you can tell whether that's true or not.
And yet, well, what do we do then? It's like we still need to prepare ourselves to create if we want the benefits of showing up consistently, of which there are internal benefits and there are external benefits too. So it's a strategy that you have to kind of create for yourself, which is why I welcome you to comment below. Like during intensive periods, are you gonna give yourself that gentleness and the break to deal with that, to journal, to write authentically about what you're going through, to be able to externalize the burdens that you might be internalizing a bit too much. You're right.
That's part of what holds us back is like you might say it's internal, it's whether it's you call it internal blocks or whether it's just internal stress that if you are able to externalize it onto a journal or or into a therapy relationship or something like that. Then perhaps there's a bit more lightness that allows you to then get into the energy of creating creating flow, creating energy for what you're showing up for. So So that's my question for you, you know. And this is again more of a this is again more of a discussion. Right?
This lesson is more of a discussion because I have I yeah. I think each of us deals with it differently. Each of us has different situations. So I really do welcome your comments below and let's support each other. Through these intense periods.
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Last updated 7 Jul 2023.