I just don’t feel like myself
The last year, 2020, left us reeling from uncertainty in facing a new common enemy that wreaked havoc on our minds, bodies and souls. My own observations and experiences helped me to realize that the time is now, more than ever, to find ways to become aware of low fuel levels within our own wellness dimensions’ tanks.
How might we figure out what we can do to feed our emotional and social wellness to get through these unprecedented times?
As part of my coaching curriculum, as a student, I had a wonderful opportunity to be coached in order to experience this from the client’s perspective. By sitting in the client’s seat, it allowed me to gain the value of the self-assessment to go deeper and explore what wellness areas may be in need of attention.
During the Spring of 2020 I had the pleasure of working with my coach a second time, and dove into my assessment with a confident sense of awareness. “I can do this easily, I bet my assessment will just be more of the same from last time,” I told myself. Boy, was I surprised to learn how low my emotional and social wellness levels actually were! I realized three things:
Our own wellness journey ebbs and flows if we allow ourselves to stay honest with how we are feeling
Progress can be made if we are willing to take even small steps, and that through our own actions we CAN gain ground in building resilience in our emotional and social health
If I’m feeling this way (and by nature I’m a “glass half full” type person), so I can only imagine many, many others are too, which inspired me even more that my quest to coach and serve others would be desperately needed to help
Later when visiting with my Mom, a social butterfly forced to isolate in her home all this time, said to me, “I just don’t know, I just don’t feel like myself,” a haunting reminder of how the pandemic can develop into depression. Even though we took Mom out on drives and brought her to our home last summer, seeing only me, my husband and son, while well-intended, still didn’t give her the connections she was used to, going out frequently with friends, chatting with people during grocery shopping, conversing with the mail delivery person.
What steps are you willing to take?
While everyone can benefit from wellness coaching now is the time to take action for yourself. And more importantly think about those who have been isolated and plan to reach out and make those social wellness connections as best as we can.
In light,
Joanie
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