Maintaining Your Cool When Life Turns Up the Heat

Ever feel like the Universe is throwing everything at you at once? In this heartfelt episode, I open up about my recent whirlwind of challenges - from back-to-back hurricanes to a family loss and my husband's health scare - all while trying to keep my business afloat. But here's the twist: I managed to stay centered through it all, and I'm here to share how you can too. Show Notes | Transcript "It is so important to have a certain structure that you can follow. Because when you do have things that come along in your life, it really helps to give you something sturdy to rely on." - Gloria Grace Rand In this episode, I dive deep into the spiritual tools and daily practices that became my lifeline during this tumultuous time. These aren't just feel-good techniques; they're practical strategies you can start using today to transform any crisis into an opportunity for growth and self-discovery. Discover how to: Create a non-negotiable morning routine that grounds you in times of chaos Harness the power of meditation and journaling to maintain inner peace Use light language as a unique tool for energy healing and emotional balance Key insights include: The importance of maintaining structure when life feels out of control How to practice self-care without guilt during challenging times The power of trusting in divine order, even when outcomes are uncertain I also share a sneak peek into my upcoming Align to Shine Academy, a program designed to help female entrepreneurs overcome self-doubt and build thriving businesses in just 30 days. Whether you're facing your own personal hurricane or simply looking to build resilience for future challenges, this episode offers a blueprint for finding grace under pressure. Tune in to discover how you can stay centered and thrive, no matter what life throws your way. Resources: Join our free Soulful Women's Network community. Learn how you can overcome self-doubt and create a thriving business in 30 days with the Align to Shine Academy. Learn more about the Daily Word from Unity. Connect with Live Love Engage: Send Gloria Grace a message ☕ Support the podcast ❤ Love this episode? Leave us a review and rating LinkedIn: Gloria Grace Rand Facebook: Gloria Grace Rand YouTube: Gloria Grace Rand TRANSCRIPT [00:00:00 - 00:15:23] Namaste. You ever notice how challenges don't always come one at a time? The last six weeks handed me two hurricanes, not one. Two hurricanes, the loss of a dear family friend, and my husband's heart attack, all while I'm trying to run a business. Yet, gratefully, I kept my cool. And hubby's recovering, by the way. So if you want to know how, stick around, because I am going to share the exact spiritual tools that helped me stay centered through it all. Tools that you can start using today to transform any crisis into a growth opportunity. But first, for those of you who might be tuning in for the first time to Live Love Engage, I am Gloria Grace, and I help female entrepreneurs attract ideal clients by going beyond the traditional search engine optimization strategies to embrace my definition of SEO, spiritually engaging others. So I, when I this podcast, you know, it livestreams for those of you listening may not know, but I also live stream it on Facebook and LinkedIn. And the title it came up with for this episode today, for the live stream version at least, was Grace Under Pressure. And yeah, I have been a little under pressure the last few weeks with a roller coaster, frankly, of emotions, you know, preparing tenseness, preparing for hurricanes. I live in Florida, and of course we had the lovely Helene and Milton come our way. And thankfully, I didn't really. Helene didn't even really affect me at all. And Milton only a little bit. I mean, I had a little slight damage in my balcony. The balcony floor part of the paint came up, but that was it. But it was also heartbreaking for me because I have friends who live in Asheville and they were without electricity and water for weeks. I think they just got their water back maybe last week or the week before. And so, you know, I was feeling, you know, frustrated because I couldn't, I mean, I couldn't do a lot. I. They did GoFundMe page and I contributed to that and I shared it on social media, but it was still, you know, when you're, when you've got people out there who are. Who have endured things much worse than you, you know, you feel bad and you want to be able to help. And I was feeling helpless. Yeah, that's the word I'm looking for. Then also, right before the hurricanes hit, a dear, a dear family friend of mine, he was actually a lovely gentleman. He's a godfather to my son. His. His wife passed and so, you know, he was dealing with that and of course, and, and he's an elderly guy. He's a lovely gentleman. I just love him dearly. And so I was concerned about how he was managing and doing, you know, dealing with that, preparations and all of that. And then, you know, I just. When I thought things were, you know, maybe going to start settling down, then last week, my husband winds up in the hospital with a complete blockage of his right artery. And so I was. It was interesting spending, you know, a couple days in the hospital and with him and, you know, when I was very calm during the whole thing. But when I came home at night, I was exhausted and I thought, hmm, yeah, that's where all that stress is coming from. So, you know, in fact, even I had to cancel last week's livestream, in fact, because I was at the hospital waiting for him to get discharged. So, you know, life has just been throwing one curveball after another at me, and it wasn't. I have, you know, I'm going to go into some of the tools that I use to help me keep my cool during this thing. But I will tell you, I'm going to be honest with you, not every day was easy. You know, I'm human. And there were a couple times, especially when the hurricanes were around, where I was really feeling sad and, you know, just really low. And I know part of it, I think, is the barometric pressure was affected me, frankly. So what I did was I kept up my routine. I have a morning routine. I call them my non negotiables. And I encourage you to do something like this as well, because it is so important to have things have a certain structure that you can follow. Because when you do have things that come along in your life, it really helps to give you something sturdy to rely on, you know, and it's so important. So one of the things I do is I go out for a walk every morning. I do a half an hour walk every morning. Then I come back and I sit and I meditate for a while. And depending on the day, I may only have five or ten minutes to meditate. Sometimes I can do it for as long as a half an hour or even an hour. I've been. I've been known to do that, lose track of the time sometimes. And then when, if I really needed to pick me up, I would also ask my guides to share light language with me. You know, something. And so I would speak, speak this light language. If you're familiar with my podcast, especially my solo episodes, you may know this is a multidimensional, energy, healing form of communication. And so that would help me as well. And then I journaled, I was also I had been out of the journaling practice for a long time, but I've finally gotten back into it and I am making sure that I do at least three pages, my morning pages, as I want to say, Julia Cameron, I think who wrote a book about this stuff, something about being creative. So I do that and that helps as well. So it's so important to do these type of things and you need to figure out what works best for you. And the other strategy that I do is I have a reminder. So I've changed. I had the room that is now my bedroom, used to be my office. And I for some reason couldn't get the whiteboard off the wall when I changed. So I decided, you know what, I'm going to go ahead and leave the whiteboard on the wall. And so I have written out the love method, which is what I write about in my book. And it's to remind me of the importance of the L in love stands for let go and let God. And that's, you know, about letting go of things you can't control. I mean, it's about letting go of a lot of things like letting go of limiting beliefs, letting go of expectations. But yeah, letting go of what you can't control and also letting go of, of, you know, that feeling of helplessness and just letting God in and really just focusing in on divine order and that everything is working in divine order. And we're gonna. I'm gonna talk about that a little later today, but I'll give you a little sneak preview about that. And then the O is open your heart to receive. Yeah, so it's about opening your heart to receive that inner wisdom and inner guidance that you can get from meditation, from journaling. I love both of those. Modalities are so great for giving, have given me ideas and have given my clients that as well. And so it's so important. The V is valuing your uniqueness. And so just remembering that I am a unique human being. I am really a spiritual being living this human existence and you know, to give myself some grace sometime as well and then to embrace my divinity. And again it's it. They all kind of flow one into another, which is kind of cool. They. And it's really about that self love and practicing self care. And I did a lot of that over these last few weeks. In fact, after my hubby got home from the hospital and he's recovering and was like this past weekend, I said, you know what? I need a massage. And so I made an appointment and Got a lovely massage and it was so good. It was just, just, just what I needed to be able to, you know, release, to be able to release some of that stress. And so I, oh at the same time, you know, while I'm trying to do all of this, I'm also, as I said, I'm, you know, I'm running my business....