You don’t always need to thrive
This might seem like a controversial thing for me to say but, we can't expect to be thriving ALL of the time.
Because suffering, grief, loss and pain are an unavoidable part of life. And WHEN we are going through those moments, expecting ourselves to be thriving wouldn't be fair. It's like expecting ourselves to feel light and happy during tough times.
However, the more we learn to thrive in life overall, the more we will find we know how to support ourselves, be there for ourselves and get the support we need WHEN we are going through those tough times.
And that is what I wanted to talk about in this week's Pep-Talk.
Oh and by the way, I talk about those dark, tougher times in life as 'winter' periods and 'wintering'. I know that 'wintering' and 'winter' periods are also used to refer to a hibernating period - going inward reflecting - and doesn't necessarily have to be brought about going through a tough time. But for the purposes of what I was talking about today I felt the 'winter' analogy worked!