EPISODE 13 | Feeling bad 😮‍💨 when you KNOW you “should” feel grateful! 🤪🫠

I define the term “shoulding” as: “Feeling obliged to do something even though it’s not something you actually WANNA do!” “Shoulding”, when it comes to Thankful Thursday 💜, is knowing that you have LOTS of lovely things to feel grateful for, maybe it’s: gorgeous kids The 4 bed house  The career you worked for Fancy designer things  The SUV  Your dreamy spouse  Only… they just aren’t what you’d hoped they be. They often cause you more agro than you’d like. And, even though you love them and you’re glad they’re yours… the feeling is, “I know I should feel grateful but I don’t”.  And as more comes in.  That hole, between receiving and feeling grateful widens with a big wedge of guilt, or maybe it’s shame, or maybe embarrassment to boot too. 😮‍💨 This feeling is what is ruining all the lovely things in our world.  When I feel this way… looking at ALL the lovely stuff in front of me (and feeling familiar pangs of guilt, for not feeling a certain kinda way about them), I call in Grace.  Grace is as old as time and as wise as ALL the mystics out together. In these moments, Grace says, “My sweetheart, you’ve got this. Right now, you’re replacing the lovely feeling of gratitude with a more familiar feeling of shame and guilt that others inflicted upon you. And now, you’re addicted to feeling this way. 😮‍💨 So be gentle with you, Watch where these addictions rise.  And decide… “I am free”.  If you’d like actions, movements and breath to accompany these words, let me know and I’ll cover this next Thankful Thursday 💜 Remain on the look-out for Grace - she’s waiting for you to invite her back into your world 😇💜