03/06/2025
✨ Human *being*, not human *doing* ✨
I’m busy , really busy.
Working in the NHS, building a business, raising a family, buying a house, trying to live a healthy, values-based life, connecting.
I’m full of love and gratitude for the connections I have, the opportunities I’ve been given, and I genuinely love listening to, sharing, and being part of other people’s journeys.
Sounds dreamy, doesn’t it?
Well… guess what? I also need to look after myself too.
And the truth is, I often experience:
💭 Worry
😵💫 Unhelpful thoughts
😩 Exhaustion
🤯 That feeling of being totally overwhelmed
But here’s what I strive for:
To be a human being, not a human doing.
And that means listening to my body when it’s telling me to stop.
Sometimes the signals are obvious:
🌀 I get scatty
🥱 I avoid stuff
🍫 I reach for sugar and skip the nutritious stuff
🥔 Cooking dinner? Forget it. Thank goodness for jacket potatoes.
And sometimes it’s more subtle — like a jittery, anxious energy (as if I’ve had 7 coffees by 9am), or a brain fog so heavy I can’t string a sentence together.
But I’ve learned something that might help you too:
The power to notice.
To see the signs — physical or emotional — and to respond with compassion, not criticism.
✨ Today, that looked like:
➡️ Going to the gym (even though I felt uncomfortable)
➡️ A yoga class (usually skip out of there feeling grounded) — but today, I didn’t.
➡️ Sitting in child's pose, feeling emotion, and realising I needed comfort
➡️ Reaching out to a friend — because connection heals
➡️ Curling up on the sofa with a weighted blanket
➡️ A gorgeous magazine (learning about rosemary — so obviously I now want to smother myself in it)
➡️ Sleepy tea. At 5pm. Because yes, that’s allowed.
I feel calmer. Still tired. And that’s okay too.
💗 I’m grateful to have the skills to notice, accept, and nurture.
Is this something you relate to?
Is this something you’d like to learn to do?
DM me. I’m sat right here (feeling better) 😍
