I have clients with babies who don't sleep through the night, clients who are in the middle of selling their home and moving, clients going through divorce, clients navigating massive family issues... the list goes on.

 

I know you've probably got more than a couple of things that are making your life feel unnecessarily tough right now too.

 

The weight of it all came up on an Ambition Mastermind call recently.

 

My client was talking about how she's just so-freaking-tapped out, and not really knowing where to move next.

 

Fortunately, I have more than a little bit of experience feeling like I'm stuck, and I've developed some pretty good tools to handle it courtesy of therapy and getting sick of repeating the same habits over and over.

 

So, I thought I would share the biggest thing that helps me in these moments with you...(since its also what I shared with my client, who found it pretty helpful)

 

When I am having a moment of feeling overwhelmed, burnt out, or just like I have absolutely no control of what is going on, I return to my basic needs.

 

We all have different basic needs, but mine are...

 

Some other examples include focused concentration, play, laughter, connection to nature, down time, or time for reflection and mindfulness.

 

Usually, I can't get all four in at the same time at first, so I just start with one.

 

Getting more sleep. Once I get more sleep, then I can start to exercise. Which then makes me want to eat better, which then inspires me to connect with others, and so on and so forth...

 

...but if I'm not taking care of these four things for me, everything falls apart.

 

So here's my invitation to you... 1) what are your core basic needs and 2) are you actually meeting them right now?

 

How can you create a little more space (even if its a small space) to start tapping into these more.

 

In my experience, once I do, everything else opens up for the better.