431: This Is Not Normal

The life you are living right now is not normal. It is far from it.  Pretending this is normal is dangerous. We can’t afford to normalize this because we would risk losing our compassion, our fighting spirit, and the opportunity to innovate and create solutions that are desperately needed right now.  If we normalize this, we risk bypassing our grief and our suffering. We risk not learning critical lessons in order to know better and do better next time we are faced with a similar crisis. Right now, we are not ok. While we may be counting our blessings and feeling lucky and grateful in many ways, we are not ok. We get to be both. Two conflicting emotions get to exist: Not ok and lucky. Sad and hopeful. Tired and cheerful. Scared and joyful. Overwhelmed and grateful. Isolated yet overly connected and enmeshed with every member of our household (am I right??) We are not ok and we will not normalize this, but we do need to create a sense of normalcy in our everyday lives. Listen in to learn 4 ways to create normalcy when life is anything but normal.  Links Mentioned: Join The Shameless Mom Con Collective: shamelessmomcon.com Thank you to our sponsors: Best Fiends: Download FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices