Taking a Break

 

Lately my mind has been filled with so much information it seems as if the voices in my head are competing for their time on stage - a very pitta brain that is moving so quickly that my body was having a hard time keeping up.

For about two and a half years I've been working on creating a book involving more than forty one entrepreneurs out in the world and along with telling a story that kind of sews all of these interviews together it's been a really exciting project, but frankly for me to focus on anything for two and a half years is pretty significant. 

So, being in the position where the book is finished and we're at the final edits is something to behold, and I'm happy about that! But through the process this mental clutter, the board of directors in my head competing for time, really caused some interesting forms of anxiety for me.

One of which was the critic, reminding me that I am a novice and who do I think I am writing a book, and then there's the cheerleader telling me that I can do anything. And there's also the expert telling me that I better make sure I do things just so and follow these steps and these rules. Then the shoulds starting coming up and I thought "Oh Lord" should is my least favourite word in the universe. The more the should came the more I would shut down. What I mean by shutting down is I would just completely ignore what my body was telling me in order to work through this mental clutter and get the job done.

Witnessing and Adjusting 

While witnessing this happening I knew what I needed to do. I began to notice what was happening and noticing my day to day behaviour, but in this particular experience I was so slammed: deadlines, commitments, opportunities, making sure that I was communicating in a loving and kind way - all this stuff was going on, and so I neglected my body and certainly my mind.

When I keyed into this I realised what I needed to do and what I teach my coaching clients to do and what I recommend for any Anxiety Slayer listeners is that, when we are going at such a high rate of speed mentally if we do not care for ourselves, if we do not shut off, if we do not step away from the computer, step away from technology, and just completely immerse ourselves in being, we're going to cause a lot of additional anxiety, pain and suffering.

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