Yes - Me - I feel stuck and unispired. UGH. I hate that feeling - and worse - I hate pressuring myself to NOT feel that way. You know what they say, what we resist persists…

This week, in my e-zine, I wrote about needing help and being vulnerable.  I talked about how we all need help sometimes, and that as healers and business owners, it’s ok to need that help, it’s ok to be vulnerable, and it’s ok to reach out for support. So in the interest of being vulnerable and authentic, here I am - being authentic and telling you that I just feel stuck this week.

I was sitting at my desk yesterday wondering what I was going to blog about. And I kept thinking, and thinking, and I looked at my inspiration file, and I visited some networking groups to see what others were talking about… I thought about my Effective Newsletter class… but inspiration continued to elude me. So I shelved the project for a little while, thinking that stepping away from it might help.

Well now, here we are today, and I’m banging my head against the desk wondering what the heck to write about. And then - as if ironically - inspiration struck!

My friend (and coach) Mark Silver wrote a great e-zine article this week about trying to accomplish marketing tasks while in a bad mood. In that article, Mark offers a simple Sufi teaching: Always be in authentic service. Always.

Today, my translation of that teaching is - talk to everyone about the fact that you feel stuck and uninspired!

The truth is, I love to write. I love to talk, I love to help people, and network, and share. But there are times - like this week - where no matter how good things are going, I just feel stuck when it comes to writing or sharing or speaking.

When feelings like this crop up - and I have the sense to slow down and listen to them instead of rebelling against them - I notice that there is a message for me here.

Instead of continuing to resist this feeling, I sank into it and asked what my heart is really needing.

Ya know what I need? A break!! I haven’t had a true, honest to goodness day completely off of work (aside from weekends  that have been UBER busy) yet this summer. Wow.

So guess what?? My daughter doesn’t have summer camp tomorrow, I’m getting a brand new bike (yay!) so I think I’m going to take the day - no - the weekend OFF.

If you find yourself coming up against a rocky emotion, take some time to sink into it and ask what it’s trying to teach you. Our emotions are always great pointers to tell us if we’re moving toward or away from what we really want. So if you’ve got a strong one, listen.