The Summer of Integration

This is the summer where my mythological task is to:

• Parent full-time AND

• Maintain the aliveness of my business

These means:

• Unshaming the potency of screen use during client calls

• Creating intentional balance between analog and digital play/rest/work

• Allowing things to be messy and human and proactively communicating my values and expectations around that

• Believing the best of my kids, my clients and myself

• Holding space for miracles and the impossible

• Requesting, advocating, informing - being clear and proactive around my limits/needs (first with myself, then with others)

• Prioritizing gezellig (low pressure and cozy socializing and relaxation) over achievement or pressure around what summer “should” look like or what summer is “for”

• Tending to nervous system safety first and foremost

• Lots of margin/buffer for rest/delays/reschedules/the unexpected

• Having clear priorities and letting everything else go

• Being intentional and self-generous with to-do lists

• Releasing urgency and pressure

• Surrendering to staying up later but implementing a daily siesta

• Delighting in the nostalgia of summer: swimming, barbecues, road trips, lazy days with nothing to do and nowhere to go

• Not just Going with the flow but also trusting it

• Speaking of trust, trusting myself and Source

• Delighting in it all. Prioritizing delight and aliveness.