Absolutely love your honesty and compassion Sas. I don't think I've given myself enough grace for a move 37.5 miles away from my beloved Brighton 15 months ago. Coupled with a couple of years of desperately trying to get a couple of iterations of my coaching business off the ground that failed spectacularly despite what felt like a year of really sound mentoring in how to market effectively. It felt a relief to finally let go of trying, find a niche where I wanted to used my operations skills and basically go out and find a job (something I never thought I'd do after 21 years of self employment). Today I'm happily embracing supporting the business side of an architecture practice, working hybrid so I actually get to be in a room with real life humans every other week, AND it's part time so I have space. (Guess I've been going through my own life quake and didn't even realise!)
So happy to hear you tell this story. I knew it was a lot but the fuller story and your Witnessing how it felt! And in the middle, "I spoke to myself with a shit-ton of compassion." How you can't even imagine speaking unkindly to yourself. And the living in compassion for your fellow humans... So lovely.
No wonder you knew exactly where I needed to be. You needed to be here too!
Hoping for a speedy trip onto Spring for you and Bodhi!
Beautiful Sas. And perfectly timed for me as I embark on my Substack journey after a humongous life quake. Finding my way back, and glad to hear you are, too 💜
Absolutely love your honesty and compassion Sas. I don't think I've given myself enough grace for a move 37.5 miles away from my beloved Brighton 15 months ago. Coupled with a couple of years of desperately trying to get a couple of iterations of my coaching business off the ground that failed spectacularly despite what felt like a year of really sound mentoring in how to market effectively. It felt a relief to finally let go of trying, find a niche where I wanted to used my operations skills and basically go out and find a job (something I never thought I'd do after 21 years of self employment). Today I'm happily embracing supporting the business side of an architecture practice, working hybrid so I actually get to be in a room with real life humans every other week, AND it's part time so I have space. (Guess I've been going through my own life quake and didn't even realise!)
So happy to hear you tell this story. I knew it was a lot but the fuller story and your Witnessing how it felt! And in the middle, "I spoke to myself with a shit-ton of compassion." How you can't even imagine speaking unkindly to yourself. And the living in compassion for your fellow humans... So lovely.
No wonder you knew exactly where I needed to be. You needed to be here too!
Hoping for a speedy trip onto Spring for you and Bodhi!
So Much Love!❤️🦋
Beautiful Sas. And perfectly timed for me as I embark on my Substack journey after a humongous life quake. Finding my way back, and glad to hear you are, too 💜