Very helpful, this conversation supports me. Its a breath of fresh air reminding me of my focus in life and not allowing any holiday to steal my peace.
I notice when my own patterns of people-pleasing and/or avoiding come up, curiosity allows me to stay engaged when I want to and even to disengage in a more authentic way. Curiosity is also one of my core values, so it feels really good to come from that place.
I'm going to go for a second word...
Gentle.
I really liked this one from the article. Gentle with others, and gentle with myself. Not needing to fix or wanting people to be different. This includes myself!
We already drew some boundaries by moving far far away from family and not hosting, so this long weekend will be free of extended family stress. However, it tends to get loud and busy for our family of five on long weekends with plenty of sibling fights so I’m going to try to not take it all too seriously, let things go, and approach my days with playfulness.
Newness - pay attention to what is new, different, and novel. Meet this moment as if it’s unknown, and be curious and present. Don’t go in jaded by old patterns and expecting the same narrative to present.
This post landed in my inbox at the perfect time. I’m keeping my one word for 2025: Light. I like its multiple meanings and I already find myself reminding myself that it’s my one word and to try to live in the light.
I started to fear that I would be accused of slacking (it has happened in the past), so I told my sister who is hosting that I would be happy to help if she asked, but I had done my cooking in advance. She validated that and I went to take a nap! Felt great! Now the next step is not being so triggered by the judgment I know is unfounded - or even seeing myself as worthy even if I am slacking.
Listen. To others, myself and the Presence.
This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing
Very helpful, this conversation supports me. Its a breath of fresh air reminding me of my focus in life and not allowing any holiday to steal my peace.
Peace is under-rated (the personal kind). Thank you for sharing Connie.
My one word for the holiday.
Curious.
I notice when my own patterns of people-pleasing and/or avoiding come up, curiosity allows me to stay engaged when I want to and even to disengage in a more authentic way. Curiosity is also one of my core values, so it feels really good to come from that place.
I'm going to go for a second word...
Gentle.
I really liked this one from the article. Gentle with others, and gentle with myself. Not needing to fix or wanting people to be different. This includes myself!
Playful!
I love the comments here!
We already drew some boundaries by moving far far away from family and not hosting, so this long weekend will be free of extended family stress. However, it tends to get loud and busy for our family of five on long weekends with plenty of sibling fights so I’m going to try to not take it all too seriously, let things go, and approach my days with playfulness.
Thank you for this post- simple and effective!
Newness - pay attention to what is new, different, and novel. Meet this moment as if it’s unknown, and be curious and present. Don’t go in jaded by old patterns and expecting the same narrative to present.
Patience- we are all doing the best we can.
Present.
This post landed in my inbox at the perfect time. I’m keeping my one word for 2025: Light. I like its multiple meanings and I already find myself reminding myself that it’s my one word and to try to live in the light.
I started to fear that I would be accused of slacking (it has happened in the past), so I told my sister who is hosting that I would be happy to help if she asked, but I had done my cooking in advance. She validated that and I went to take a nap! Felt great! Now the next step is not being so triggered by the judgment I know is unfounded - or even seeing myself as worthy even if I am slacking.
Oh, and my word is SANCTUARY.