It is such a privilege to grow older & as I breathe into each day with gratitude, I realize there is a lot in my life that I find I cannot control.

For what seems like a myriad of strategies, learned from brilliant therapists & terrific life coaches, even I at times fall prey to feeling helpless and distraught, while frantically trying to manage what is happening.

I scramble to gain ground, when I fall out of integrity, as a way to make up for it. I plunge head first - not heart first - into emotionally charged confrontations nervously rehearsing and strategizing. Sometimes it all feels pretty shitty.

The more I allow fear to rule the roost, the more frenetically my body and mind work. Days get overloaded with busyness. Movement feels imperative - which is usually just deflection - with me not wanting to deal with life.

Planning for the sake of planning gets ramped up. Worrying, habitual talking, zero listening, fixing, posturing, texting, doom scrolling, binging, consuming, and numbing - these tactics run my life.

In the world of doing, achieving and looking to the future, we seldom take the time to pause or be still. We may hear whispers that beckon us into stillness, but they are easily ignored.

In this podcast I’m going to chat about how challenging it is to slow down when living in our fast-forward world.

I’ll reflect, from personal experience, that there is always a price to pay if we don’t regularly take time simply to pause—to cease activity, to treasure quiet time, and to discern the deep meaning of life’s little moments.