Heyyyyy again… It’s been awhile I know…
Hello hello my friends! How is everyone holding up??
Life is scary, unpredictable and COMPLETELY unlike anything we have ever been through before right now. These are truly unprecedented times. Being stuck at home, scared to go to the grocery store, and social distancing from friends and family that we rely on so much for support and contact, can be unbelievably overwhelming and hard to manage.
And if you’re anything like me, you also might be feeling a crazy swing of emotions while navigating this time. I know, I am often overwhelmed with tears of happiness and truly cherishing this time with my family… I mean, when is the last time we’ve been able to sleep in on a weekend and not run off to 3 different sporting events? There have definitely been some wonderful amazing moments that I am so grateful for… but I’d be lying if I said that while I have cherished so much of this time together, there have also been many moments when I’ve been ready to pull my hair out and kick everyone in my family to the curb…. because I JUST WANT A MINUTE TO MYSELF.
It can be enough to make even the most calm and chill mamas absolutely crazy. There are just SO. Many. Emotions.
And … while we are all here trying to manage our emotions, and our anxiety and fear during a global pandemic… we are also being asked to educate our kids from home, manage our jobs (aka: trying to focus and keep a pleasant face on video calls while our kids run circles around us in their underwear asking for food #justme?) On top of trying to keep up with our day-to-day household duties…. seriously, why do the kids never stop asking for snacks?!!?
Life is freakin’ CRAZY weird right now. One day I think I’m totally killing it and the next I am a puddle of tears and overwhelmed by LITERALLY EVERYTHING.
But, now that we’re 6 weeks in… I think I am finally starting to find a bit of a groove… I certainly don’t have it perfect… not even a little bit… but I do think we’re headed in the right direction. Finger crossed.
In trying to look at the positives through this crazy time, one big blessing I feel from this all is that I finally have some time to focus on the Health/Life coaching side of my life. It has been A LONG while since I posted in here. My goals of starting this blog really got side-railed for a bit…
Quick side story: 2020 started with high hopes of kicking off this coaching business, but things were quickly side-railed when in the middle of January I developed a HORRIFIC rash that overtook my body. I will post more about this another time, but for now all you need to know is that it TOOK ME OUT HARD … FOR WEEKS. All I could manage to do was go to work (covered in ice packs to try to stop the itch) and come home to tubs and wet wraps. I was up ALL night itching. I slept covered in biofreeze (NOT RECOMMENDED) and ice packs… and was overall a HOT ITCHY MISERABLE MESS.
Sadly, the coaching side of my life took a major back seat. BUT thankfully the docs figured it out before the pandemic hit, and I am now mostly in the clear. In a nutshell, I was diagnosed with Dermatitis Herpetiformis, which is essentially Celiac of the skin (at 38?!), and now that I have been off gluten for months, I am finally starting to feel like myself again…
AND I am ready to recommit myself to being ‘here’ for you all while we navigate this crazy crazy time. I have even come up with a system to streamline posts… YAY! I am someone who needs a system and structure, (which is why the beginning of this was so hard!!) BUT here it is… roughly š
- Mondays will be all about Mindset.
- Tuesday: Quick Tips.
- Wednesdays will be about workouts/wellness ideas/hacks/inspiration.
- Thursdays will be around thought processes and re-wiring our brains to better serve us.
- Fridays: will be focused on Food- think recipes/healthy swaps etc.
- Saturdays/Sundays will be all about self care baby.
Hopefully I can stick to this plan… š And as always, if there is anything else you want to hear or learn more about, just shoot me a message. I know things are rough, and I truly hope to help make life a little easier by sharing bits and pieces of what I have learned in my Health/Life coaching programs with you all.
This time is totally whack you guys. And all we can do is do the best we can do… and let that be OK. Survive it. Try to enjoy what you can from it. And remember, this too shall pass.
“See” you guys soon. XOXO
