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Balance Your Body Type – Based on your score, you can find better health, balance, and passion-purpose work
In 2008, I went through Deepak Chopra’s Perfect Health Program in Carlsbad, California that cost me more than any vacation I can remember. My reward has been a life changer, as I’ve used some of the life skills every day and still to this day, over a decade later (and you can use to help balance your body type).
I believe everyone can use this helpful information for their whole life in several ways, including better health to slow aging, whole balance, and finding passionate work.
HOW I DISCOVERED THE PROGRAM
I was personally struggling with remaining angry emotions from a stressful, uninspiring management position I had just left.
Some roles aren’t the right fit, and there was one in particular I held after a line of unsatisfying work that mildly put was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
You could be good at your job and hate your job, which is how I felt, so I left that position (but my story had a good ending as a new role was created for me at the same company). Continue reading…
December is a unique month swirling with emotions for most. Wherever you are, you’re likely in transition and figuring out what step to take as solstice short days and long nights approach affecting our alignment.
It’s always good to check in. Even if you’re busy this last month of the year wrapped around holiday season 🎁 and joyful celebrations to anchor the weight of uncertainty.
With natural and calendar happenings, you also have personal goals and projects to finish up this year.
And sometimes there are raw emotions mixed in.
It’s a sadder time as the current year is ending and we’re often reminded over losses we had.
But we can pick ourselves up when we choose to remind ourselves of our overshadowed wins and happy (positive) times.
And for everyone, there’s anticipation of a looming new year that plays in life’s mix.
Will our future plans pan out?What should we be planning for?
And then there are the monkey wrenches thrown in. Why no one told us this in life to get ahead of adulthood is a mystery.
But you can turn your misses into your comeback story.
Because your misses can be your greatest finds when you’re aware and aligned.
So that’s why alignment checks are so valuable.
You can align to your best-self intentions to make up for all those lost years.
And that’s a way to come out victorious before next year’s end.
And in between, intentionally finding future hope to lean on and joy along your daily journey.
We all need that. Because your situation is on this planet, which automatically means you’re facing some challenges or giant in your life.
And because busy December stirs up anxious moments it’s good to stay in check with yourself (mind, body, and spirit).
Even if you’re calm and steady, others around you are triggered and act erratic or are weirdly mooded around the holidays. 🤪
That’s been my experience.
…And I’m sure yours too.
But you can keep on keepin‘ on and overcome the daily stings with in-your-face daily happy and wild impromptu surprises to erase triggered moments.
…Like this out-in-the-wild calm meeting I had with this Quarter Horse on my past weekend journey.
…Where we special bonded over an apple I happened to have on me. He gladly finished it, core and all.
We shared a few peaceful moments in the sun. 🍎
But even as calm as this meeting was, it’s not like the relaxation that the body experiences when taking a shower in Default Mode Activation (that’s a real coined term).
How do I know I wasn’t totally relaxed?
…Because I couldn’t think of questions to ask in the moment that I later thought of on my journey. Ideas didn’t pop in. Same effect you get when you’re put on the spot to answer a trivia question or your favorite whatever.
There’s a small shutdown.
And that’s how we can unintentionally turn away our creativity spark.
It’s important to weigh in so that doesn’t become the new norm.
We’re not human robots but we have automatic reaction features built-in with birth. But we can exercise our rights to self-correct and restore.
And that helps us go, grow, and evolve.
As does witnessing the life around us that can surprise us. Like this unexpected violet cluster bloom amid the purple foliage…
By using the wonders around you as curiosity you have and small signs of growth in your life, you can get more calm. And get inspired!
Getting outside your head makes you appreciate that not everything is meant to stick around in life. And that’s more than okay.
Life (and you) keep growing.
Changes are good and normal.
And growth happens in its given time (and not when we always expect).
Like this example of wild winter growth where I saw no sunflowers bloom from my seeds this past summer.
And buzzing around town and markets, you can see signs wherever you are east or west, and north or south.
Like I’m seeing winter watermelons where I’m at. And just like that, Christmas in July is now July in Christmas in the northern hemisphere. 🍉🎄
These are all small signs that anything is possible.
Where you don’t need to be able to know it’s out there to be a possibility.
Because the Universe above sees it all.
And responds to our thoughtful prayers that stirs us up and the energy around us.
Wherever you are, you are purpose… and you are useable energy.
And you can sense and pick up on the living energy around you.
…If not in your home, take a walk, look up, and all around and to see energy happening.
Like pine cones falling.
Nature and trees are a good symbol of hope and life energy to rely on when the world is full of chaos.
And exercise is still one of the best ways to get new energy and clear your head from life turmoil.
Or a creative outlet project that ignites your untapped potential.
Your healthy mind doesn’t care what you work on to change tunes and get the happy vibes back.
It just wants you to get out of your current thoughts dragging you down.
And if you do something challenging or tough today, you can then appreciate what you did later or tomorrow.
That’s why you smile when you see your past photos.
Or when you think about the job where you were miserable, but are no longer there. You made it!
So strange… if you really think about this life.
Especially since now when you’re doing the painful activity is where there’s gain.
But the gratification feelings are often delayed from the grind.
Where we usually want instant gratification.
…So we’re misaligned.
Until we connect-the-dots, and use our delayed gratification ways that are a given, to our benefit.
Then we have the opportunity to appreciate the tougher times and get more patient about our current situations. And plow through.
And on the other side, we’re happy we went through our pains to get to where we are.
And with enough practice, even partner with (and empathize) with “no pain, no gain.”
That’s done more healthy with balancing some FUN downtime.
…So your candle doesn’t burn out.
And these are a few December fun ideas you can do:
Bring out your RED and white sparkly glitter garb. Be the one to break out the bright Christmas socks and sweaters.
It’s the one time of year where you’ll see a swarm of red Ho-Ho-Ho worn by everyone from the Rock-ettes to red cap wearing sports fans.
Let the red cheer remind you of fire passion you can ignite in you.
Make handmade craft decorations with your own cookie cutters.
Hold and sip warm hygge-cozy beverages to get in the holiday spirit.
Around town, notice the Christmas trees 🌲, pretty wreaths, sparkly ornaments ✨,and colored lights strung that are just in time to brighten up nature’s bare tree season.
Humans make up for nature’s dormant transition. And show up and sometimes out…
It’s a good time to be hyper-kind and for-giving… and put aside differences… staying thankful for the peace, joy, and love we all want.
…And to reflect on what we did earlier in the year that was life changing. But we temporarily forgot about in the current hoopla… maybe a move, change in job, vacation, or goal made. Or all of the above!
We forget the smaller happy times and inching along micro strides we made. Writing it all down before year end, or putting together a small scrapbook could be a good way to stay optimistic and align with your best self and next steps for tomorrow. 👣
Gingerbread cookie is a non-negotiable for me. It’s a happy holiday cookie tradition.
…For you too?
My healthier (but delectable) recipe version is below (that doesn’t compromise taste!).
This is a sweet tray of puffy and light bread cookies. There are 12 regular cookie cutter size and 10 smaller ones (22 cookies total) that took 12 minutes to bake in 325°F/165°C. B-ready?
These are healthy conscious cookies that you can learn more about below.
…Because I think healthy ingredients are delicious and belong in everything happy food made.
And the first question I ask myself is: does this recipe have any anti-inflammatory food value?
And if the recipe calls for sugar, butter, or flour, how can I get by with as little of it without compromising taste and texture?
…Especially because I discovered adult eczema in 2020, and in 2021 when I ended up in the hospital emergency room from skin inflammation, as a recurring second eczema flareup.
But before those 2 years I was already passionate about an anti-inflammatory diet for prevention reasons.
….And thankfully from health awareness and better lifestyle choices, haven’t felt the irritated skin effects since those stinging first years.
I’ve stayed food conscious and haven’t given up non-negotiable happy sweet foods… that would be a life not worth living (in my opinion).
But I’ve learned how to not tip-the-scales with food. Everything in moderation still (and even more as you age).
…And you can adopt an anti-inflammatory lifestyle if you’re wanting to optimize longevity and be more kind to the body we care for. You and I only get ONE
Reading healthy diet books is something I’ve been passionate about since I was a young adult.
Today I’ve zero’d in on a few for life…
The anti-inflammatory diet is forefront. It makes healthy sense to me and in my life where all signs pointed down that path.
I think for everyone that follows, destiny leads you down your best road.
…And after my real life eczema experience, I was convinced eating and living anti-inflammatory year-round was the #1 plan.
An anti-inflammatory diet includes plant-based foods and a lot of the same foods you’d find on a Mediterranean diet… In case you’re wondering what diets it’s kissing cousins closest to.
I like how the diet has little case “a” for “anti” as it encourages food variety choices in specific food categories. Our bodies opt for (and crave) biodiversity in our biomes.
In anti-inflammatory diets, the biggest difference is the focus is on preventing foods that cause daily inflammation.
…Like granulated sugar and gluten flours are common big offenders… and then as each person is different, there are specific individual foods you learn about with your body, as you go and test.
And as funny as life can be… of course, I turned out loving baking… and SWEETS! Challenge-ON.
And at first I learned the hard way.
Because when you’re first learning to bake, you find ingredients that work foolproof to achieve the cake or cookie you want after it comes out of the oven.
And there’s not usually an easy baking path (or many recipes out there) making treats we’ve come to love out of healthy food substitutes that taste just as good!
So then you end up with powdered sugar for icing or vegetable shortening for texture.
But I slowly learned that didn’t have to be the only way.
Like learning to ride a bicycle or ice skate…
It took time for me to tweak and test and learn what healthy and creative paired ingredients would work to not compromise textures and tastes.
Sometimes it took many fails to find wins in the oven.
And I have high sweet taste bud standards.
…’Cause I was raised on all those processed American sweets that were allowed in my weekly childhood diet.
But then daily I also learned about healthy foods from my mom’s balanced dinner plates of protein, veg, and carbs… and I kept my gourmet ox tail, squid soup delicacy, and trying persimmons at home experiences to my young self.
Because back then, no one my age wanted to stick out. And I knew my food experiences were so different than my classmates.
Especially when I had whole wheat bread sandwiches I wanted to hide on school field trips, when white bread was the glorified lunch bag sandwich.
I survived those times and forgot all about them. The were overshadowed by all the happiness I felt going to the grocery store and seeing food variety and abundance.
…Mostly the kid accepted snack kind that kept me happy for days.
…Like Twinkies, and Ho-Hos.
When I was younger, I would’ve been thrilled if you added a drip sugar IV to my veins,
Cookies especially were my weakness (and still are my faves today).
And then gradually evolved to sourcing sweet ingredients and making my own batch of cookies from scratch.
This is where a homemade gingerbread cookie is still hands-down the one that makes me the happiest with the balance of sugar and spice… and my cookie version is actually more aligned to a Chai tea spices.
…And goes great with a cup of Chai. 🫖
But it’s definitely a cookie in every sense where it has some (but a lot less) butter and sugar.
From taste and texture, you’d never know it has less sugar and less butter than most comparable cookies out there.
And that’s good (for the body’s health) because when you eat less sugar, you crave less.
Because sugar is still fact-fully known to be an addictive substance, like a drug.
Sweet addiction can come from a batch of cookies.
So often I use honey, fruit, and monk fruit that are anti-inflammatory good and work for many bakes.
But not great for a traditional gingerbread cookie.
…So cutting down the sugar and butter is the best bet… and especially if you don’t want to tip-the-inflammatory-scales.
That’s the game I play every time I eat something with sugar. And is the game that many of play to some degree without knowing it.
They’re hidden inside the body and can develop into chronic diseases like Diabetes 2 fastly on the rise.
Balancing blood sugar is at the heart of may health issues.
So every little bit of healthy effort, helps. And for building good habits. Of course the sugar compromise took experimenting with and my sweet desire switch didn’t happen overnight.
But these days, you’ll find me adding granulated sugar rarely… with a few bakes like a small brown packet for scones that makes 8 pieces. It just wouldn’t be the same crunch and joy without.
And adding 1/4 cup sugar plus some candy zhugh for a gingerbread cookie recipe this size to make a worthwhile joyful tray. 🍥
…We’re born with sweet taste buds on the front of our tongues for a reason.
But in my lessons learned, you don’t need to add powdered sugar icing that takes a high amount of sugar to make a little impact. And that adds to sugar addiction points if you’re counting.
You also only need 2 pats (2 Tbsps) of butter and NOT a whole stick for decadently good cookies!
Shifting butter also works toward a better anti-inflammatory mission.
My motto version: enjoy a sweet and then eat some carrots in between. And better yet, bake in some carrots (or your go-to list of anti-inflammatory foods) in your sweets. 🥕
When you use rainbow-healthy 🌈 ingredients that can help lower your grocery bill (I find), you can make your own food dishes and baked goods that make your mouth sing and smile.
And as win-win, you’re winning anti-inflammatory points when you partner with your body’s healthy tastes. 😊
Like when you add anti-inflammatory spices to a lower fat gingerbread cookie. 🫚🧡
This is a delicious gingerbread cookie that is more cake-bread-like and full of warming spices.
Servings 14cookies
Author Brandy @ Healthy Happy Life Secrets
Ingredients
2-1/4cupswhole wheat and all purpose flour
2Tbspbutter, melted
1eggbeaten
1/4cupmolasses
1/4cupbrown sugar
1/4tspsalt
1tspbaking soda
1/2tspground allspice
1-1/2tspground ginger
1/2tspcinnamon
1/2tspcardamom (optional)
Instructions
Fully combine ingredients to make cookie dough. It will look like moist cookie crumbs.
Add dough to plastic wrap and tightly wrap pace to make a rectangle.
Refrigerate for at least one hour. The longer you let the dough rest, the spices will aromatically meld in (for up to a week in the refrigerator)..
Roll out dough to about 1/4 inch thick. Cut out cookie shapes. This will make about 14 regular sized cookies.
Preheat oven (and refrigerate cookie tray while waiting for preheated oven to heat up).
Bake on 325°F/165°F for 10-15 minutes. Cookie bottoms will have darker baked brown marks.
After cookies have cooled, you can add icing. Icing: melt white chocolate in a double broiler. To make more, add a small amount of refined coconut oil.
Smear white chocolate to tops of cookie and zhugh with decorations while the chocolate is not set.
Cranberry pumpkin trifle is a healthy and tasty sweet treat snack that’s good for the gut where Greek yogurt is the white creaminess you can’t wait to dip your spoon in. And it’s a no-bake easy dessert (for brunch?) that you can make with 10-minute simple assembly.
This makes a great in-between dessert (amuse bouche) go-to… with sweet and sour-tart vibes infused. 🧡
This is a tasty way to keep celebrating and still enjoy food with heavy feast menu days that the holiday season is peppered with. 🎉
When I worked in catering planning, building in extra food touch point details won points with hosts and guests.
Like a special dish add or an amuse bouche (mouth amuser appetizer).
And if you’re feeding guests or hosting a party, small details like an across-the-board zhugh topping are a great way to impress them with very little work.
In an individual dessert like a cranberry pumpkin trifle, the multi-layer effect looks inviting to bite into.
The contrasting taste pairings and rainbow-y colors do the work for you.
And goes well on a food table in individual glasses … oui?
And the other reason a trifle is great is it’s just 10-minute prep work.
It can be enjoyed for no occasion at all…
Like for a great breakfast treat as a starter before your activity day, hike, or physical exercise.
Or anytime of day snack.
I like to have them ready for a Sunday brunch.
The ingredients are simple: canned pumpkin, cranberry sauce, Greek yogurt and orange zest.
And if you’re a bit like me, you want to know all the ingredients before you decide to make a recipe.
✅ You want to know if you have them on hand.
Nothing worse than getting excited about a food dish or gathering all the ingredients, and then not having a primary ingredient on hand.
✅ I also look at the ingredient list to see if they are ingredients I want to use for healthy reasons.
✅ And food ingredients that excite. 🥳
Then when all the checks are there, that’s when the prepping can begin.
The party is when it all comes together.
Success is when there’s a tasty pair duo or combo… Or in this case, it’s a pumpkin-cranberry-orange trio. 🎶
You can hand spoon layer the pump-o-cran trifle.
You can use store-bought or pre-store in freezer yogurt and oranges.
The frozen orange won’t be as vibrant fresh as fridge fresh oranges, but it could save you a trip of foraging.
Storing up can last you though the winter. That’s how we can be one with nature 🧘🏻♀️ and more like our foraging squirrel friends than we think. 🐿️
Both the pumpkin and cranberry are convenient cans you can store in your kitchen pantry.
It’s a myth that cranberry or pumpkin are seasonal foods. They’re available on middle aisle shelves all the time so you can get when them on sale if you want. And during the end-of-year months, it’s hard not to bump into them near end-of-aisle checkout areas.
And if you’re doing low-sugar, look for frozen whole bags of cran-berries that are wildly healthy like most berries that are full of polyphenol anti-inflammatory goodness.
You can make your own cranberry sauce. And then store the whole berries and extra sauce in your freezer.
Whole pumpkin is similar has similar healthy and easy vibes. It’s adds beta carotene and the antioxidant vitamins A, C, and E to complement an anti-inflammatory diet.
A-C-E was one of my earliest healthy food acronyms I learned that still has longevity (in A-C-E foods and my memory). 😊
And canned (pumpkin) that’s in puree versions ready-to-use is conveniently on most grocery shelves 365 days a year.
It’s a good alternate or change up from tomato sauce… and because tomato sauce is acidic.
If you’re trying to reduce heartburn symptoms, then that’s one easy swap you can make.
Also, pumpkin has a mildly sweet taste, pairing well with the same herbs and spices (as tomato sauce) like oregano and basil.
But I like to punch it up with pungent sage too. ⚡️
And if I’m sweet baking with pumpkin, I usually pair with ginger spice.🫚
Pumpkin sauce is also a glowing orangy-color that lights up faces. 🎃
On days you need energy, pumpkin can help you along with a bowl of pasta. And if you make your own homemade pasta (or eat egg yolks) then you’re getting B12, B6, and B2 from the egg yolk that plays well together to create food syn-energy. 🔋
Then with extra leftover pumpkin, you can see how that all comes together in this tasty cranberry pumpkin trifle dessert.
Pumpkin cake is so easy to make from a one-bowl batter with ingredients you already have on hand. And the cake will impress on a table any time and for any occasion. You can add in your fall carrot cake vibes.
Baked in a metal loaf pan is easy, but you can make the cake in any bakeable shape you want. Metal will help the cake heat fast and cool down quick.
And the best part is it looks like a bread loaf on the outside. Slightly dry and dramatic with walnuts or whatever zhugh you want to fall or drip off! 😋
Ready to make this pumpkin cake?
It’s ready in 30 minutes or less. It’ll take you 5-10 minutes tops to pull out the ingredients and hand combine.
And you can use all your favorite ingredients and pairings.
You can substitute so many ingredients for pantry items that you probably have on hand.
Like, if you ran out of eggs, you can make this…
And if you don’t have milk of any kind, you can still make this!
The only ingredient that it needs is flour if you want a cake with cake texture.
That’s it!
And if you don’t have pumpkin on hand, you can still make this a tasty holiday fall vibe cake with the other flavors you add in…
Because pumpkin doesn’t have much flavor in a cake.
So for this tasty and healthy cake list of ingredients I would suggest pureed pumpkin, carrot, coconut oil, orange zest, walnuts, and spices you have on hand (such as cinnamon, pumpkin, and cardamom).
The spices and zest will spice it up!
Ginger spice pairs well with carrots, but always wants to standout and overpower other flavors.
And so in this pumpkin cake, I also added a lot of aniseed that I had (instead of a lot of ginger) that’s a subtle licorice flavor. And makes this such a unique taste that others will ask about in a good way!
I paired the carrot taste with orange zest instead (that’s a twist)! 🟠 And you can add what flavors inspire you… and what you have on hand.
And then when you have all your ingredients in the bowl, you don’t even need a mixer. You can combine by hand with a spoon in a bowl. That’s what I would suggest (for easy cleanup too! 😊).
…Sooo along the lines of easy, the recipe below 👇explains how you can eas-ily sub ingredients for what you have AND also prep the pan so it’s no stick and no extra prep time. 🎉
…Oh, and if you need some other quick serving EASY delicious dessert table ideas… a chocolate pumpkin trifle table centerpiece or swirly cinnamon muffins might be up your alley for your last-minute delicious dessert! 🍽️
This is such a versatile cake that can you pull off in 30 baking minutes and one-bowl.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Total Time 35 minutesminutes
Servings 6
Author Brandy @ Healthy Happy Life Secrets
Ingredients
2cupsall purpose flour (or whole wheat flour or combo)
1can pureed pumpkin
1/2cupmilk (of choice, water, or any liquid such as tea or coffee)
1largeshredded carrot (cooked for better results)
zestof one orange or shredded coconut
1tspvanilla extract (optional)
1Tbspmaple syrup (or honey)
1egg (or applesauce or banana)
1tsplemon juice (or ACV or white vinegar)
1Tbspcoconut oil, melted (or neutral oil)
spice (cardamom, pumpkin, cinnamon, anise)
pinch of salt
1tspbaking powder
1/2tspbaking soda
chopped walnuts (or your ingredient topping zhugh)
Instructions
Turn the oven on to pre-heat to 400°F/204°C. Melt the coconut oil in the baking pan vessel or loaf pan you will be using in the pre-heat oven.After the coconut oil turns liquid, pull pan out of the oven and swish around the bottom half of the pan.
Add coconut oil and wet liquid ingredients to mixing batter bowl. Then spoon in dry ingredients and flour slowly. Mix by hand with a spoon or you can use a baking mixer gently on low until combined. Do not over mix.
Add the batter to the baking pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
Let cool. The cake should come out easily. Enjoy!.
Fall is a prime time for opportunity. And doors open when you keep going and following the signs on your trail. Like this blaze that looks like a bullseye. 🎯
Fall is probably the most unique season of the year.
…Where so much activity only happens during this magical time of year.
And fall is my favorite season of the calendar year.
…Maybe because I’m a natural Vata (body) and fall is prime Vata season.
Sights and scents are pronounced in my mind. Colors are more intense and I love to smell candles and tea.
My mind is more clear. And I spend more time on my yoga mat.
It’s also an exciting time.
Where people are also more in sight (than summer where people have disappeared into their personal summer adventures).
In fall, they’re back and busy in and around towns…
Where there’s plenty of activity from local fairs to community events celebrating and counting down to holidays until year end.
…Fall is a chance to lean into cozy, warm comfort vibes and variety that Vatas and Vata season craves.
Fall is also a special time of year for Mother Nature where leaves turn vibrant colors on the east coast. And special events are hosted around autumn’s nature and harvests. 🍂
For certain enthusiasts, fall months are a reminder of task rituals that can only be done during this season.
…Like if you’re a gardener, planting for next year’s bloom… if you’re a vine grower, harvesting grapes… if you’re a farmer, harvesting crops, fruits, and veggies. 🧑🌾
…If you’re a baker, firing up the oven with fall aroma bakes…. if you’re a homebody, watching exciting fall premiere shows… if you’re in school, attending a new school season… if you’re into sports, watching your teams (where your free schedule is already somewhat planned).
Oh, and if you’re a camper, you’re digging the outdoor life in the woods spent on s’mores time.
…But whatever your enjoyments and fancies are this season, try even newer things, meet new people, and watch new shows.
Stretch.
…Find time to lean into your whispering callings.
Maybe those involve stepping out to volunteer or start new hobbies where you learn something new. But that could end next season or tomorrow.
The point is to try.
And especially if you’re thick into your career, head down, and winding down the year. It’s too easy to bury yourself and shut out the world outside your life.
But carve time out of your busy work week and see what makes you tick besides your day-to-day work.
Do a little research to discover.
What areas have you not explored?
Use “you won’t get this season back” as a gentle reminder. I’ve found that motivational nudge is just enough to get me going.
Because your next season can be very different than this one (a year or less later).
Instead of ignoring what’s happening around you, you could be preparing for that change that the Universe is trying to show you in the nudges.
I know for me, the fall season of 2019 redefined my life’s callings. One relaxed day, I started writing.
Not prompted by anyone, a door knocking, or anything.
…I simply listened to a whispered thought that came to mind.
Where the opportunity came about from a quiet moment brewing hot tea.
I seized the opportunity and wrote a page on my computer.
That turned into a day of writing. And the next day, another day of writing, and then another… and when I looked back, I had written 100 articles.
That just kept growing from the first day the thought entered my mind to write
And from there, I kept going.
That first season of writing became what I got up for. And not an alarm clock that was my life the work season before.
I kept going for writing that became my new found purpose. I wasn’t paid yet, but I felt empowered.
And I was rubbing off the previous work season’s lesser energy and moods I had accumulated.
Plus winding down from a fun summer travel transition.
I was at my “now what?” for the umpteenth time of my adult life.
I knew starting something new was in the cards for me.
…But I just didn’t know what.
Would I go back to traditional work?
That’s what many of us ask and do when we’re pivoting, re-birthing, and starting over in a new season in our lives. And trying to figure it out. 🪷
Thankfully I didn’t go back to an old way of life because we all know what happened a few months later in March 2020.
And you know what you were starting or ending at that historical time.
Most people’s work life and life in general changed. Those situations brought each of us to the life we live today in some way.
This season what we share in common is that we’re still going and growing.
For me, going is hiking.
I go to new places weekly to discover and feel peace. While I’m not a camping mountain chaser, I have driven to, seen, and done many first time trails.⛰️
I’m not one to do the same trail over and over again. My Vata nature likes the excitement of finding new ones.
And the growing part of my season is where I’m digging deeper into the work I have already invested time, planted seeds, and started building over 5 years ago that is still rooted and growing.
Many things started and upended.
…Where few things lasted and stayed.
So I know those things still around are the selective things for my life because they stood the test of time.
They’re the resilient ones that the Universe showed me were more firmly rooted and where I should spend my time today.
And for you, you could ask yourself the same questions to get your answers… what is helping you grow this season?
And what is helping you go this season?
To further help gain insight, lean into the clarity that Vata season helps bring. Take longer showers to get those new ideas.
Instead of doing the same routines, try new adventures (and recipes), consume new shows, listen to new music, and meet new people.
Get out of your comfort zone a little… and comfortable surroundings.
Change the air around you to get your next steps this season. That btw may not (and doesn’t have to) be the ones you started with.
Embrace change as an opportunity in this new space.
And that’ll help set you up to find your next season. This season (no matter what you find out and hear back), the answer you can be sure to count on where you won’t go wrong, is to keeping going and growing. 🧡
