Today’s blog is about me, ‘doing the best I can’, writing something for you!

My new job is a big change for me! Although I love it and feel welcomed and supported, it is totally different than the last job of 13 years.  My body needs to adjust to the new schedule. Our bodies are the receptacle of the emotional baggage we carry from our lives, and they demonstrate it as dis-ease (aches/pains/illness).  My monkey mind (that part that is tasked with keeping me safe) is unsure about this new experience, and is working hard to keep me “safe”. It’s trying to convince me that I have made a mistake in taking this new job by showing me a load of totally imagined, horrible things that could go wrong in the future; even though the present is going really well.

My body is caught between my monkey mind, my affirmations and firm belief that this is actually good for me, and a new demanding schedule.  My body responds to the monkey mind by showing me where I don’t feel good – for me, it shows up with a lot of tension in my neck and shoulders, which unfortunately, triggers a migraine.

I tell you all of this today, because my word for the year is UNMASKED. *Disclaimer* I am not sure, as I write this, if I found the term ‘unmasked’ from Brené Brown’s newest book, Dare to Lead, or if it was from Byron Katie’s newest book, A Mind at Home with Itself: How Asking Four Questions Can Free Your Mind, Open Your Heart, and Turn Your World Around? To be honest, I don’t have the energy to check which one it was.  And that, my friends, is me being UNMASKED! I don’t have all the answers, and I am going through things…just like you are. What I do have is an unshakable faith in myself and the Universe that I do have the skills and knowledge to move through this uncomfortable time, and come out the other side even stronger.

Today’s blog about how I am doing, is the best I can do today!  I have a certain amount of time right now to write for you, and this is the best I can do.  My hope is that it shows you a glimpse into how I view the relationship of my monkey mind (ego – that part that is only there to keep me safe), my beliefs and my physical body. It is a triad that is cosmically set up to inform me of what is in my best interest, and where I want to go.

As I allow my body and monkey mind to reflect beliefs I no longer need by trying to scare me about future happenings and triggering a migraine, I share this thought with you:

I always do the best I can, and I know I am in the right place at the right time. And…I will be so much more of me when I get to the other side of this!

Tell me, what are you going through today?  
What is your monkey mind trying to tell you today?  Is it true?
Is your monkey mind trying to scare you with future scenarios?  
How is your body feeling today? Is there something you could do to show it that you are listening to it, and love it, even when it seems to be failing you?

As I end this blog about my humanity and UNMASK myself in front of all of you, I encourage you to do the same (at least privately).  Explore what your monkey mind is trying to save you from, and how your body is reacting to those beliefs. How do you want to feel, and what beliefs would serve you better?

Let me know how these ideas resonate with you by commenting below!