REALITY CHECK

You’re exhausted. You’re grieving. You’re angry. YOU FEEL disconnected AND misunderstood. THE VOICE inside your head is saying:

“There has to be more than just surviving,

”I SAID THE SAME THING TO MYSELF WHEN I WAS AT ROCK BOTTOM AND HAD TO COMPLETELY REBUILD MY LIFE AND FIGURE OUT WHO THE HELL I WAS AFTER HAVING AN EMERGENCY TOTAL HYSTERECTOMY AT 39, GETTING A DIVORCE, MOVING IN WITH MY MOM, AND TURNING 40!

THE LIFE WE IMAGINE FOR OURSELVES AND THE IDENTITY WE ATTACH OURSELVES TO DOESN’T ALWAYS TURN OUT AS PLANNED, AND LETS SAY IT OUT LOUD BECAUSE I KNOW YOU’RE THINKING THIS….IT FUCKING SUCKS.

WHEN YOU GO THROUGH A MASSIVE LIFE SHIFT, THE PERSON YOU WERE BEFORE IS NOT THE SAME PERSON YOU ARE NOW.

HERE IS THE THING NO ONE IS SAYING BUT I AM:

  • FIGURING OUT WHO YOU ARE IN A NEW REALITY TAKES TIME.

  • YOU WILL TAKE 10 STEPS FORWARD AND THEN 5 STEPS BACK.

  • YOU WILL ASK “WHY ME” ABOUT 20 TIMES A DAY.

  • YOU WILL FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE FAILED.

ALL OF THIS IS VALID.

YOU are ALLOWED TO THINK AND FEEL LIKE THIS.

Let's create together

Let's create together