Today might be a "walking uphill" kind of day. But that doesn't mean we don't deserve to keep walking 🥰 Speaking from experience, I woke up with thoughts and feelings and fears etc... but I was able to grab my journal and say ok.. even if those fears come true, will it help me or harm me to become absorbed in them?? It is REALLLLLY challenging to do this by myself on a daily basis. Because I'm not by myself. Daughter is here. Which actually makes it harder. But that being said, my point is that even if I feel tired now and even maybe sore and confused etc... at least I know I did my morning routine. And that DOES feel better than NOT doing it. So, speaking to myself to, give yourself permission to have an "uphill" day. Give yourself permission to even have a "bad" day. But do NOT have that mean that you don't do the things that are good for you. I ALWAYS feel better when I try than when I don't. Even if I can't see it at the time. This is NOT saying to "push through" and keep harming yourself. This is saying if trauma or fear thoughts are stopping you in your tracks, and you were going to do something good for yourself (drink water, eat protein, be active, take a nap, etc), do NOT let the trauma pull you off I've started doing my qi gong on my patio. Yes a part of me is like can people see? And doesn't that say something..that I'm worried people will see me doing something GOOD for myself 🤯🥴 So therefore, I did it! And some tears even came (which is what I was afraid of), but I told myself tears can come but don't stop doing the thing I'm doing. Anyway, today might be an uphill day. That is ok. Still do what you can do for yourself, to SUPPORT yourself through it instead of punishing yourself 🥰 And if you already know and do this, that is definitely something to add to your gratitude list. I'm literally having to carve this out and it goes AGAINST everything I was programmed.. yet, I'm STILL doing it. Because the TRUTH is, we ALL deserve to be happy and healthy. Period.

Section 2 of my Snapshot just surfaced something I wasn't expecting. I wrote about a cycle I keep repeating and mid-sentence I asked myself, "Do I not believe I deserve an easier life?" Turns out the pattern I've been stuck in isn't a knowledge problem. It's an old belief I've been carrying that I never stopped to question until now.

I had a revelation today. I have a serious time blindness that makes me underestimate the time that everything on my todo will take. So it’s always at least half or 3 times more than what I need. So I overcommit! And then I have these moments where I can’t proceed and I loose so much time. As today. And the TERRIBLE thnig is that I thought my day was over. It was 2:30pm. But I named the emotion “overwhelm to not be able to deliver, again!” And ask sage my protocol. She send me to walk 15’ barefoot if possible, have water on my face/wrist and then decide on a task to work on for 20’. Well the task took 60 minutes (but I added some stuff as Sage corrected me) and I kept going until I finish the whole thing. I had time to prep tomorrow visit, went to my CrossFit class and came back and prepared by bag for tomorrow! Shower and now dinner prepared by my beautiful son. It’s ready and it smells amazing. It’s 8pm in NZ. 5:30 hours well used and not wasted! Thank you!!!

My win of the day which actually really made me laugh xD Today was very hectic. So many things we had to do , our orders,.. but then this happend and that happend and we just couldnt get to our orders. But one way or an other I kept my cool. I didnt get overwelmed. But for my co workers today was overwelming xD so we had a good laugh about it. I was like why.. xD today went so well for me. Was it because of my balanced meals today or the last few days that my body had less trouble regulating itself.. I dont know. But I am proud of today <3

@John Whyman @Pat Cast @Sara Edvardsson @Anouchka Hanneman @Sara Ellisson @Nic F @Cindy Mason @Pamela Saintonge @Raven Payne @Mads Munk tagging you all because you brought up emotions, RSD, overwhelm, or self-sabotage. We literally covered this in yesterday's Q&A and I want to make sure everyone gets the core insight, whether you were there live or not. The big reframe: RSD and emotional overwhelm almost always trace back to self-worth and self-image. When someone triggers you, the real issue isn't what they did. It's that in that moment, you don't feel worthy or good enough. @Darci Wert shared a powerful example on the call: her boss leaned over her at the computer, corrected her way of doing something, and she spiraled into "I'm stupid, he only gave me this job out of charity." But the actual trigger wasn't him. It was her belief that her way of doing things wasn't valid, rooted in old patterns from childhood. The fish-and-tree dynamic of growing up neurodivergent in a neurotypical world. This is where the 3-Minute Comeback Protocol comes in. Here's the short version (also see the attached image below_: Step 1: Name it. What emotion is actually coming up right now? Sometimes the monkey mind takes over and we don't even know what we feel. Just naming it is already powerful. Step 2: Source it. Take a deep breath, close your eyes, and locate where you feel it in your body (throat, shoulders, chest). Then ask: is this connected to something older? A childhood pattern, a school experience, a parent dynamic? A lot of triggers tie back to not feeling worthy, people-pleasing, or only receiving love when being productive.