Is it possible to find your ground when things feel much? Yes, definitely. Read on:

If lately you’ve been feeling like you’re running on fumes, or that the idea of “being resilient” feels like just another thing on an already overflowing to-do list, I get it. Honestly, who hasn’t been there? Maybe you look around and think, “Resilient people are just built differently,” or “Right now? There’s barely time to breathe, let alone learn some new superpower.”

But what if we took a slightly different look?

Instead of trying to force yourself into some idea of what “resilient” should look like, maybe we can pause for a breath. Just one. And in that breath, perhaps we can gently turn our attention inwards.

Notice the thoughts that are swirling. The emotions that might be bubbling beneath the surface. It’s okay, whatever they are. There’s no need to push them away or analyze them for hours. Just a simple, curious glance.

Finding ground when things feel much with ‘what is’

And then, instead of getting caught in the endless loop of “what ifs” – what if this happens, what if that goes wrong – could we just land, for a moment, in the “what is”? This very breath. This feeling in your body. The sounds around you.

This isn’t about ignoring the future or pretending challenges don’t exist. It’s simply about anchoring ourselves in the only reality we truly have: right now.

This might also mean acknowledging that you don’t have all the answers. That you might be feeling the weight of pressure. And that’s okay too. There’s a strength in acknowledging our current experience, whatever it may be.

Because here’s something I’ve noticed: when we’re lost in the “what might be” – the anxieties about tomorrow, the unknowns we can’t control – we’re less available for what’s right in front of us. And it’s in that very presence, in that groundedness, that we can truly connect and serve.

Your team, your clients, the people you care about – they benefit most from you being fully present, rather than a version of you that’s lost in a future that hasn’t arrived.

So, if the idea of resilience feels like a distant mountain to climb, maybe the invitation is simply to look again. To come back to this moment. To notice what is. And trust that from this grounded place, you already have everything you need to navigate what comes next.

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