Expansion

Good Morning!

You know when you are feeling super stressed?  Maybe because you have way too much going on at once, or because you bit off more than you can chew.

The physical symptoms of stress are your body pushing against expansion.  Just like growing pains, don't know if you had those as a kid, I did, it really hurt.  Some people are aware when they are in the midst of expansion, and some people are not.  It feels like stress.  I'd like to be vulnerable right now, and share with you that right now; I am doing a job that is stretching me, and its super uncomfortable!

Each time I come to work on this job I just noticed that I huff and puff and feel so stressed out.  Yesterday I got a headache instantly because of how much doubt flooded my body.  I noticed that I was feeling resentful towards my client who is "putting all this stuff on me."  Now, putting all of it together I realize she's not, I realize I created this job for myself.  Its something that I want to do more often in my future, yet I'm so resistant!  Conversely when I do a good job, I feel elated, so lucky, so proud, and like "YES! I can do ANYTHING!"

We are all going through this in some way.  While I'm not totally clear on the solution, maybe its just to acknowledge you're in the middle of expanding, it is uncomfortable, and that is ok.  Its uncomfortable to go beyond and into something that you don't know.  But that is how we grow.  Because I just realized what was going on with me, I wanted to share it with you. 

Just like everybody else you are either in the middle of expansion, or have been there before.  You are not alone, although it sure does feel like it.  And yes, there is also the fear of failure, but now realizing what is going on no matter what happens I have already grown, and can handle more than I was able to before taking on this job.  I'm proud of myself, and I'm proud of you.  So next time you are feeling stressed out, pause, take a breath, or five, and acknowledge that you are moving beyond what you knew, go you!  

Today whatever you have going on, try to push your own limits in some way, any way.  You will expand in more ways than you realize just from doing that one tiny thing today.

​Love, Jessica