Cycles of Rest and Unrest

Take care of yourself during these times. I was reminded this past month of how off kilter I get when I don’t get enough sleep. I get very irritable when I am sleep deprived, and I first shared that story after my son was born (here). I don’t always notice it as soon as I would like to, but recognizing it and making adjustments is more important than how fast I notice it. Shortly after I allowed myself one more hour of sleep in the morning my temperament started to shift. It was then I started seeing connections back to 9 years ago.

In 2011 after receiving my Reiki Advanced Practitioner attunements I fell into a bit of a depression, and upon reflecting on my life path at that point I started to consider changing careers. And in changing careers my entire life would change. That was a very emotional two year period in my life making that adjustment.

Here we are in 2020 and my life as I had built it over the last 9 years has been placed on hold, and that has been quite challenging to process especially when having no certainty on when, if ever, I can go back to doing the work I was doing and in what capacity it will be available…

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