A Weekly Ritual
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For today’s letter I want to share with you something I explored with one of my wonderful clients in a recent call together.
She was sharing with me that she’s struggling with having a lower capacity in this season, in the ways it’s affecting how she’s able to show up for herself, her business, and the intentions and goals that matter to her right now.
We talked about how frustrating it can feel to see the weeks and months go by and feeling unsure of what we actually did with them, and how easy it is to start to feel a little disconnected along the way.
I’m a big believer in the work I do with my clients that there are no universal answers, just discoveries and experiments to help you find your way home to whatever is true for you.
I suggested to my wonderful client, if it resonated with her, that she might like to experiment with a weekly check-in with herself, a small but meaningful ritual to hold space for her to stay connected to her work and what matters most to her in this season, no matter what her capacity looks like each week.
It’s so easy to believe that our creative journey’s are all or nothing. That if we can’t tick off all of those to-dos on our list we’ll never make any progress at all.
But in walking with hundreds of creative humans in their business journey’s these past six years I’ve learned that true progress is built step by step, piece by piece, moment by moment. And none of that is possible without giving our minds and bodies whatever they need to thrive along the way.
So I encouraged my client to include some time in her weekly ritual to actually look back at the week that’s just come and gone, before she looks ahead to the new one right in front of her, and bear witness to all that she has to celebrate, be proud of, and learn from too.
Especially if at the top of that list is: I listened to my body and went at the pace that works best for me.
And then she can use the rest of her weekly ritual as space and time to re-root into her intentions and priorities, and outline how she wants to prioritise her life minutes over the seven days ahead to come.
And after our call I got to thinking: why aren’t I doing this for myself too?
Especially in this season where I’m going at a slower pace than ever (in all areas of my life), I know it would do my soul some good to not just let the weeks roll into each other without carving out a little space and time to reflect and re-root.
So I’ve created a template for a simple weekly ritual with myself, and I’m sharing it with you today if you’re in need of something like this in this season too. And don’t be afraid to tweak it if you want to so that it can work best for you!
Here’s to carving out the space we need to feel rooted in our work and our lives each week...
As always, I’m rooting for you!
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