Three Steps to Transform a Tough Day

I want to drop into your inbox with a big, fat reminder about something we often forget when we feel a bit icky, heavy, you know the drill.

This morning, I woke up with "angst vibes" swirling in my belly.

You know, that knot of feelings we sometimes can’t explain - and here is what I want you to know when this happens to you.

You have a choice.

And no I don't mean 'keep calm and carry on'. No no no. It is a NORMAL part of the human experience to have days when we feel a bit weird and sh****.

Every single human on this planet has days like this but here's the trap...

Shaming yourself for feeling bad. Telling yourself, “I shouldn’t feel this way because I have all these amazing things in my life and it's not as bad as xyz person and their awfulness at the moment” only compounds the shitty-ness with shame (recipe for a v bad day).

So ACCEPT the fact the you're feeling a bit icky and then, before you spiral into pits of despair about dying alone under a bridge and being eaten by rats...

Get into your body.

• Go for a walk.
• Hit the gym.
• Dance around your living room.
• Stretch, do yoga or BREATHE.
• Do anything that physically anchors you into the sensations in your BODY

When you’re in your body, spiraling thoughts lose their grip because you are anchored to SENSATION rather than thought patterns.

Rather than the spiral of doom where everything feels like its melting, you have... oh I have a bit of tightness in my chest - which is SIGNIFICANTLY easier to deal with.

And as you move into sensation.., you create space. It's like that deep, satisfying sigh after a big cry. And from that space comes clarity.

Once you've moved through the feeling, suddenly, you can choose a new perspective.

Once the space has been created, perspective is possible.

And DAAAAAMN do we like perspective?

So that's my little two cents for you today.

With love and liberation,

Lucy x x

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