BONUS: BRAVE Thoughts From The Road - Beyond the Rainbows and Unicorns

I don't know who needs to hear this - but I bet there are more of us who do than who don't.  Having all your stuff together and being empowered and happy and healthy and killin' it 24/7 is NOT a thing.  You are a human being with lots going on - lots to balance.  And you exist in a universe that has other things to do than to make you feel comfortable and "practically-perfect-in-every-way." And that is OK!!  We would never appreciate the blessings in our lives if we had nothing to measure them against.  And we would never get the opportunity to truly step into our own personal power if we didn't get to practice how we choose to respond to the chaos that invariably surrounds us. You have permission to take a day off - hell, take 6!  You have permission to not be productive at all for whatever amount of time feels best for you to recharge.  You have permission to have an off day, to feel blue, to eat a pint of ice cream to self soothe - if that's your thing.  There is no panel of judges just waiting for you to slip up so you can be voted off the island.  There is just you - knowing yourself - and granting yourself the grace to go at your own pace, pause to drink a glass of water, set down your mobile phone for a couple hours to just breathe, mess things up royally while you experiment with your life . . . . you have permission to do any and all of it.  Don't let the Instagram filters tell you any different. It's all made up - and all we can do is powerfully choose our own behavior, emotional response and thoughts.