 Dear Ones,
Per usual, I am several weeks behind the official start of a new calendar year with my letter to you all. Blame it on any number of things - pandemic fatigue, motherhood, pregnancy, winter blues. It’s all truth, yet here we are! Surviving, occasionally thriving, and always marinating on topics of the heart, mind, and soul. Let’s dive right into the good stuff. Here’s where I landed with my Word/Intention for 2021 (resolutions rarely work, y’all. get on the intentions train): Release (verb): "allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free” Set free. Oofda. Release many (most?) expectations for this year. Release any hard-set visions of how the arrival of baby #2 will/should go. Release the need to prove, perform, or please others in order to be “liked”. Release martyrdom in motherhood. Release the false notion of needing to control the family ship full time in order to avoid hurts. Release the long held stories that only serve to limit me. Release and be free to create imperfectly. This may sound a bit like I’m giving up a lot from a space of defeat, but that is not how it feels to me. Rather, that I am practicing setting free the fears wrapped around what might be, in order to dwell, thrive, be curious within and about what is. There is so much more breathing room in releasing. There is so much glorious possibility. My daughter was watching a new episode of Sesame Street the other day, and I was struck by a little jingle they sang throughout the show. Essentially, as the cute, furry monsters were faced with various tasks or opportunities for problem solving or creating, they’d say: I wonder… What if… Let’s try!… At what age do we stop being encouraged to approach our lives, goals, feelings from that space of open curiosity? When does out-the-gate perfection override the natural journey of learning? I don’t know, but I am (as all good Bravo housewives say) OVER IT. It is utterly organic for us to wonder, try, fail, learn, succeed. It is the absolute natural way. Consider what would be possible if the alternative patterns of thinking/doing (or not doing) were released… To commit more vulnerably to my work, I’ve signed up to join thousands of other creators embarking on a journey with our crafts for 100 days, courtesy of the official #the100dayproject !! I’m looking forward to writing everyday, and sharing as much as possible on IG, in coaching letters, and on my good ol’ faithful blog (such a loyal friend, however deeply neglected)... Even with baby boy arriving in this time frame, I feel pulled to honor my passion for coaching AND writing simultaneously. I want to show my daughter, especially, the value in exercising our spirits in these ways. I paid the $70 for all the prompts and support, since money is a big accountability partner for me. Dollars well spent, I’d say. If there are any ideas, questions, topics you might be interested in reading about from my (coaching, mothering, partnering, sisterhooding, activist, laughably flawed but onward-ing, grateful life-ing) perspective ... I AM ALL EARS. Cheers to Release, Trish
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