Totally agree, and it's even more important to go gentle with ourselves when we are faced with family members who may not have that gentle approach too, or don't understand why we are feeling the way we are at Christmas. Yes, that's it isn't it, remembering it all and recognising what's going to help soothe you. The demands from school at Christmas literally gave you chasing your tail, it becomes overwhelming very quickly. I definitely do not keep up with it all and voluntarily opt out of a lot of it, rightly or wrongly!! Hope V's settling in sessions go OK too ❤️. Unbelievably my youngest will be 3 in May so will be going to half day school nursery come September, I still think of him.as a baby so big changes ahead!! Xx
Hope you are feeling better Lauren and that you had a good Christmas 🎄. Gosh I can relate, especially to this part:
"So, with compassion I allowed myself to be the sensitive being that I am and accepted that for me, while I adore Christmas for many reasons, it is also a really hard time for me to manage my energy."
It is such a hard time of year and recognising that helps us prepare for it better I think, to put things in place to support our wellbeing or meet ourselves with compassion for how we feel. I love your reflective prompts too, will make time to sit with these over the next week or so ❤️. Xx
I am so glad those words resonated with you Jenna, it really is an intense period and I think the only way to get through it is to be gentle with ourselves. I have learned a lot this year and I hope I can 'remember' for next year to go lightly in the build up. It has been a big adjustment with school as well so I am actually going into this new year feeling a little more settled knowing that we have done this first time and the rhythms are a bit more familiar. Having said that we are beginning some settling in sessions for V so that will undoubtedly throw some curve balls our way. Hope you have had a gentle entry into 2025 so far. xxx
Hope you had a lovely Christmas Lauren ❤️ I love that you've been looking at numbers as just a few weeks ago I wrote in my notes I wanted to do this to help me reflect on the year and celebrate myself and my business! We often seems to align 🙏🏼 sending lots of love xx
Oh I hope that you enjoyed the number reflections. It is weird as I have never felt that called to do it up to now but suddenly I had the urge and it was really supportive. Hope you had a beautiful Christmas and that you are easing in to 2025 gently. Thank you for being here always. xxx
Totally agree, and it's even more important to go gentle with ourselves when we are faced with family members who may not have that gentle approach too, or don't understand why we are feeling the way we are at Christmas. Yes, that's it isn't it, remembering it all and recognising what's going to help soothe you. The demands from school at Christmas literally gave you chasing your tail, it becomes overwhelming very quickly. I definitely do not keep up with it all and voluntarily opt out of a lot of it, rightly or wrongly!! Hope V's settling in sessions go OK too ❤️. Unbelievably my youngest will be 3 in May so will be going to half day school nursery come September, I still think of him.as a baby so big changes ahead!! Xx
Oh gosh so many changes!! It all seems to whizz by and yet seems so slow at times as well!!! xx
Hope you are feeling better Lauren and that you had a good Christmas 🎄. Gosh I can relate, especially to this part:
"So, with compassion I allowed myself to be the sensitive being that I am and accepted that for me, while I adore Christmas for many reasons, it is also a really hard time for me to manage my energy."
It is such a hard time of year and recognising that helps us prepare for it better I think, to put things in place to support our wellbeing or meet ourselves with compassion for how we feel. I love your reflective prompts too, will make time to sit with these over the next week or so ❤️. Xx
I am so glad those words resonated with you Jenna, it really is an intense period and I think the only way to get through it is to be gentle with ourselves. I have learned a lot this year and I hope I can 'remember' for next year to go lightly in the build up. It has been a big adjustment with school as well so I am actually going into this new year feeling a little more settled knowing that we have done this first time and the rhythms are a bit more familiar. Having said that we are beginning some settling in sessions for V so that will undoubtedly throw some curve balls our way. Hope you have had a gentle entry into 2025 so far. xxx
Hope you had a lovely Christmas Lauren ❤️ I love that you've been looking at numbers as just a few weeks ago I wrote in my notes I wanted to do this to help me reflect on the year and celebrate myself and my business! We often seems to align 🙏🏼 sending lots of love xx
Oh I hope that you enjoyed the number reflections. It is weird as I have never felt that called to do it up to now but suddenly I had the urge and it was really supportive. Hope you had a beautiful Christmas and that you are easing in to 2025 gently. Thank you for being here always. xxx