Ep8 - The Toxicity of Hustle Culture, Feeling The Feels, You’re a Human ’Being’ not a Human ’Doing’

Do you base your worth off your ability to do MORE, be MORE, accomplish MORE? Hustle culture paints a narrative in our head that if we're not constantly go go go or chasing the next big mountain to conquer that we're lazy or have failed.

 

Don't get me wrong, having goals and having a solid worth ethic is important for a lot of things, BUT it does NOT determine your worth, you were not put on this earth to simply work yourself to the bone and constantly be doing. You are a human BEING, how often do you just allow yourself to BE, to feel the feels, to just exist sometimes?

 

Do you find it hard to be proud of yourself and recognize how far you've come? Cause same. I wanted to get real and raw with you guys about what I've been struggling with post 'month in Mexico' and I talk alllll about my recent thoughts about how hard on ourselves we are when our body is so strongly signalling to us that it needs a break or to slow down. It is OKAY to just exist for a bit, to slow down, to take time for yourself. It is absolutely freeing to let yourself FEEL the FEELS when you need to, otherwise the more you shove them down and suppress them, the deeper your wounds go.

 

Please be kind to yourself, I hope this is exactly what you need to hear today because I know I could've used it this past week. If you're in a funk right now, you're definitely not alone - in fact, embrace the stage you're in right now. Often times when we feel we've hit a road block, it's actually a gift that forces us to question the path we're on, learn more about ourselves and point us in the right direction. Life is happening FOR you, not TO you.