Joy in During

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Are You Suffering from Noverwhelm?

It has taken me a long time and a lot of coaching to figure out what response works best for me when a positive routine gets disrupted. I don’t always follow these steps - sometimes I just reach for the Nutella jar or my phone instead. But I always feel better moving through my angst instead of avoiding it with sugar or scrolling.

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Little Do We Know

Little do we know. This is both comforting and unnerving. Because we can’t know what catastrophes lie ahead. But we also can’t know what joys are in store for us. And there IS joy in store. Even in a burning, drowning, sick world. Because this world is also beautiful, and it’s all we’ve got.

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