Happy weekend, GFFs!
Before we dive in, if your email is overflowing, you have digital photos you’ve never reviewed or your text messages remain unread, I’m hosting two Digital Detox hours next week to tackle some of this virtual cleanup - Wednesday, May 13 from 6 to 7pm Pacific, and Sunday, May 17 from 2 to 3pm Pacific. I’ll take you through a guided detox that we’ll do together, with the goal of having a lighter, more organized inbox at the end. We can’t Get Free in chaos, and that includes online. The sessions are FREE, but you have to sign up in advance and, because we don’t gatekeep, tell a friend.
The Get Free
With it being Mother’s Day on Sunday, dropping in with some love for those celebrating, for those missing their mothers and mother figures, and for anyone navigating complicated feelings around mothering or motherhood. These large scale celebratory “days” can be a lot for happy and challenging reasons, so take care of yourself as you need to, and mark the day (or not) in the way that honors where you are today. It’s OK to do you.
To that end, resharing a simple Get Free from August of last year: Cut Yourself Some Slack and you might also like this one - It’s OK to Ask For Help
It’s OK to be angry when people disappoint you
It’s OK to be upset when an opportunity doesn’t turn out how you hoped
It’s OK to not always be the person who turns up with the energy and the ideas
It’s OK not to volunteer at your kids’ school, or for goodwill projects at work
It’s OK if your body tells you to rest and you don’t go for that walk, or take that class
It’s OK if you ignore the alarm that tells you it’s time to get up
It’s OK to drink something other than water, and it’s also OK to eat the bag of chips
It’s OK to say no to an invitation if you’d prefer to enjoy your own company.
It’s OK to not be available, without explanation or apology
It’s OK to watch trash TV and rewatch your favorite movies over and over again
It’s OK to eat cereal for dinner, or dessert for breakfast
It’s OK to turn your music up really loud and sing along - badly
It’s OK to give away that dress someone gave you, but you never wear
It’s OK to say that you don’t know or that you made a mistake
It’s OK to go to bed with makeup on for one night
It’s OK not to love the book/movie/play/TV show everyone is raving about
It’s OK to have experiences without your family or loved ones
It’s OK to send calls straight to voicemail
It’s OK to just work the hours you’re paid for
It’s OK to turn off the news notifications on your phone
It’s OK to tune out the world for a little bit
It’s OK to say no, just as it’s OK to say yes enthusiastically
It’s OK to let people down; if they love you, they’ll understand
It’s OK to set boundaries and stick to them
It’s OK to forgive yourself
It’s OK to live your life
See, it’s OK.
🚀Get Your Life: Things to read, listen to, enjoy🚀
📚What I’m reading: Started re-reading a few pages from Elaine Welteroth’s 2019 book, More Than Enough. It touches on race and identity, career, success and activism. Still relevant!
🎧What’s on the pod: Business coach, author, podcast host Nicole Walters has lived (and is living!) a life. This Substack Live conversation about Yasmine Cheyenne’s new book The Comeback Era is worth a listen/watch.
🎵 Soundtrack for the week: I have been listening to this ALL WEEK: In The Stone by Earth, Wind and Fire. The orchestral arrangement at the top of this song is incredible. Play it LOUD!
✨ If you’ve got a recommendation drop me a line. ✨
THANKS FOR READING!
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See you next week!
