What is Really Happening?

Affirmation:"I am progressively moving forward in life to experience great wellbeing and receive the promises that I hold true. I am worth the effort." Not so long ago I experienced an extremely challenging time. As things began to escalate, I could not pinpoint exactly what was happening to me. Things felt extremely hard, and weird at the same damn time! Work was hard, relationships were weird and finding time to decompress was non-existent. I felt like I had to move heaven and earth to make the smallest bit of progress in my work, and in my relationships. I felt more like an observer than a participant. To be clear, I felt helpless in both areas. The constant drive to be disciplined and to be consistently "on", left me feeling like I could not keep up. I felt like my performance occupationally and personally did not measure up to my self-imposed expectations. I was raised to believe in the promises of purpose, meaningful relationships, safety and acceptance. At that point in my life, I felt stuck in the belief of those promises, with no concrete method of how to move them forward. I've had enough life experience to know that those promises are often challenged by people, situations and circumstances, self included. It is easy to get in your head and allow your insecurities and imposter syndrome to cripple you into thinking that you are not progressing in life. After seeing a post online that said, "Black women don't often recognize that they are struggling with depression or anxiety, instead they think they are failing," I began to take a more in-depth look into the emotions that I was experiencing. I was anxious, mentally exhausted, and totally burned out! Purpose, safety, and acceptance are basic life necessities. When those necessities are compromised, it will cause you to act outside of your norm and to go into survival mode. Now that I am moving past those hard and weird feelings, I am able to identify anxiety as the root cause. Anxiety absolutely got the best of me in the form of overcommitment and blurred boundaries. The 2023 State of Workforce Mental Health Report, states that 86% of workers experienced at least one mental health challenge over the past year, with only 36% of those surveyed workers received mental health care. In order to start dealing with my feelings, I had to realign my thoughts and perspectives around those basic necessities and understand that I wasn't failing. I was experiencing a personal crisis that needed to be addressed. My first course of action was to take some much-needed time off from everything. No work, no deadlines, no commitments, nothing outside of what I had in the present moment. By sharing this information with you, I hope that it helps you to become more compassionate with yourself, and your needs. If you are experiencing challenges in areas that usually align easily for you, take some time to investigate those feelings. You could likely be experienciencg some anxiety. A Peace Map is the perfect way to get back on track. To create your custom Peace Map, we will evaluate your wellness areas, set goals to experience more peace in those areas, and then create a blueprint to make it happen. I've helped many of my clients create maps in specific areas of life. From now until July 2nd our CREATE! Empowerment Workshops are 50% off. During this session we will cover the topics above, and you will have a custom Peace Map in the end. Sessions are available online only. Use the link provided above to secure your session. One of our team members will contact you to schedule your session. Any questions about this offer should be directed to: success@originsofpeace.com. Peace, Love & Reciprocity! Melissa