A Holistic Wellness Coach's Personal Toolkit for Life Transitions: Part 2 - creating space
In Part 1, I shared the internal foundation for navigating life changes, but I also need the doing—what I actually do with my body, time, and energy. In Part 2, I'm sharing three actions that help me create actual space for change: externalizing what's going on inside, and protecting your energy ruthlessly Big life changes are invisible energy vampires. Here's how to stop letting them drain you.
A Holistic Wellness Coach's Personal Toolkit for Life Transitions: Part 1 - The Internal Foundation
Yes, I'm a holistic wellness coach. And yes, I'm currently navigating some major life changes myself. If you're expecting me to have it all figured out — I'm about to disappoint you. The truth is that change and uncomfortable situations are hard for me too. Over the last few years, I've navigated a chronic condition diagnosis, a complete professional pivot, and shifts in how I move, what I prioritize, and how I define wellness. This is Part 1 of my toolkit for navigating life transitions: the internal foundation that creates ground to stand on when everything feels unstable.
Embracing Imperfection: A Personal Journey
I am an imperfect human being. As a perfectionist, those words sometimes feel like sandpaper on my tongue. But they're true + they're powerful. It's a daily practice to allow myself to be human, to make mistakes, to be okay with forgetting to do that one thing. And while admitting it to myself is tough enough, saying it out loud is scary. Yet I've learned that voicing these vulnerabilities isn't just therapeutic—it creates space for others to breathe, to soften + to acknowledge their own journey too…
Normalization. Or Lack Thereof.
Image description: Photo of a pink lined post-it note against a wood grain backdrop. The post-it is titled “To Do” and lists three items: shower, groceries, and try not to spiral.
I had a bit of a profound thinking moment earlier this week. It happened in conjunction with another moment in which I realized I hadn’t fully thought through a situation and, as a result, I had to last minute scramble to find an alternate way to approach what I needed to do.