Week 3 Check-In: The Uncomfortable Middle
Alright, truth time. How many of you are home right now, stuck inside because of weather, and finding yourself in a full internal spiral about the goals you set three weeks ago? You're not alone. And you're not behind. You're exactly where you need to be. Late January is when the shine wears off. The New Year energy has faded. Life is back to full speed. And that thing you committed toāthe boundary you wanted to hold, the practice you wanted to build, the version of yourself you wanted to becomeāit's hitting friction. This friction is not failure. This friction is the work. Your nervous system is meeting something unfamiliar. And what does your nervous system do when it meets the unfamiliar? It creates resistance. It whispers "you don't have time for this." It pulls you back to what's known, even if what's known isn't serving you. This is the exact moment where most women abandon themselves. They interpret the discomfort as evidence they're doing it wrong, they can't fit it in, they need to wait for a better time. But here's what I need you to understand: The obstacle IS the integration point. That uncomfortable feeling? That's your body's way of coping with new neural pathways. That's not a sign to quit. That's a sign you're right at the edge of actual change. We don't bypass this. We don't push through it with willpower. We don't abandon ourselves because it got hard in week 3. We feel it. We learn from it. We breathe through it. We move with it. Here's your invitation to practice for today: 1. Stop. Literally pause whatever mental spiral you're in. 2. Feel. Where is the resistance living in your body right now? Chest? Throat? Gut? Just notice it without fixing it. 3. Recognize. This feeling is your body trying to protect you with old programming. It's not truth. It's protection. 4. Choose. Are you going to let outdated software run your life, or are you going to update the code? Uncomfortable doesn't mean wrong. Uncomfortable means NEW. And if your intention is to actually be differentānot just perform differentāyou're going to have to get comfortable being uncomfortable.