Today I woke up feeling dead inside.

Then I stretched my sore-ass muscles through a yoga class, doused myself in a freezing cold shower (my new addiction - try it!), danced to this. And now I'm back, baby. I'll get to why this is important in a second.

Look at the news. Today my top headlines are about police brutality, a Putin threat, and a suicide bombing. It’s maddening, saddening, exhausting, and 10,000 other adjectives I'm sure you'd add.
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But we compartmentalize our feelings and "solider on." We put our human sadness, anger, and fear into a box. And guess what else goes in there? Our deepest-held dreams, ecstatic joy, elation, arousal, and all the other good stuff.

Then we sludge through Zoom meetings, laundry, shuffling kids, reading news, Netflix.
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It may sound benign but this culture is killing us.

Deep breaths.

I believe we can all do something about this.

I believe feeling true joy is one of the greatest acts of rebellion of our time.

I believe our willingness to feel our pain and sadness is in direct proportion to our ability to feel that joy.

I believe in action to support the causes that stir my soul.

I believe in choice. And I choose joy in spite of it all.

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Like a dance party in the morning.
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Like punching a punching bag when you're pissed off. (Highly recommend)
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Like a 30 minute bubble bath, with candles, in the middle of the day.

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These acts may not seem like rebellion. But they are amidst a chronic stress epidemic.

These acts may seem small. But they are not in a world where we need to remember what it means to be human.

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Joy is a practice.

And there's a ripple effect when we all wake up to this. I do believe it's happening.
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Society trains us to be patriarchal robots. So it can be an uphill battle.
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Until you become a force of nature, that is.
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This is something we dive deep on in my Begin Again and 1:1 coaching programs.

What brings you joy? I'd really like to know!
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XO
Carolyn

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