I caught myself this morning berating myself for not being where I thought I would be by this time of the year.
We made a big change in January and I had all of these expectations about where I would be, all that I would have finally have gotten done, and the flow I'd be swimming in.
But here it is, August, and I'm barely even beginning to walk the path I thought I would be far along on by now.
It started to get real ugly in my head. And I listened to my inner critic for a moment ... and then started to do the work of shifting that mindset.
No, I'm not where I thought I would be.
I reminded myself of the time I had to spend moving and unpacking in a new space ... I mean that literally. I needed to settle in a new space. And this took time.
I reminded myself that the responsibilities of this new space were greater (and harder) than I expected and as such it took more time and energy.
I realized how much healing I needed to do before I could even find clarity of the path I was seeking. And that this healing required rest and an even deeper slow down than I anticipated.
I had to embrace the notion that doing more wasn't the answer. It was actually making it worse. I realized I was blindly and frantically rushing into the doing without any clarity.
And Clarity is hard when there is chaos in the mind.
And then I reminded myself of how much work I had already done. The truths I had faced, the expectations I had released, the forgiveness I was working on.
I focused on the courage I conjured to take solo road trips (bucket list style), the identities I had let go of, the inner child work I unexpectedly took on, what I had manifested, that I have a committed daily practice that regulates my nervous system and sets the energy of the day, and how, despite it all, I have maintained my center better than I ever had before.
And you can too. So here's a little 5-minute ritual you can do to drop into your center.
🌙 Sacred Sunday Slow Down Ritual
Take a moment. Let your spine soften and your shoulders drop.
Place one hand on your heart, the other on your belly.
Close your eyes or soften your gaze, and allow your breath to deepen—three long inhales, three even longer exhales.
Let this question echo gently through your body:
“What am I honoring within myself today?”
Maybe it's the courage to slow down.
Maybe it’s the strength it took to let go of something that no longer fits.
Maybe it’s the quiet, unseen healing that happened when you stopped pushing.
As you breathe, whisper these words aloud or within:
🕯 I trust the timing of my path. I release the rush. I am right where I need to be.
Take a few more slow breaths. Let that truth settle in your cells.
When you’re ready, gently stretch or sway. Move like someone who is becoming softer with herself.
You are not behind.
You are becoming.
And that takes time.
With reverence for the sacred pause,
Megan
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