🐢 TEAM CHECK IN 🐢 How are you, dear ones, in these rather tumultuous times? Are you faring ok, and keeping steady, amidst the chaos? It's not easy right now. I've been somewhat less ok than usual. The wider everything is obviously upsetting, stirring up feelings of frustration, anger, anxiety, sadness. And within my own smaller bubble too, feeling a bit disconnected from home (perhaps unsurprising after months on the road) and lonely, some old feelings of self-doubt, inadequacy, grief, and confusion swirling in the pool. It feels good to name it though. I've been busy: over the last 7 days alone I've flitted between Hastings, Ibiza, London, Margate, and Manchester, and not slept in the same bed two nights in a row. My body has informed me I've been a little too busy by coming down with a (good, old fashioned) cold, and it's probably right (when isn't it?). Overdoing it has always been one of my favourite ways of avoiding uncomfortable feelings. It's handy to be called out (and perfectly human to need it). And the rest of this week will be of a gentler pace. I'm reminding myself to meet all this too with all the curiosity and compassion I can muster, and to trust that, like all things, these too will come and then go, to tread softly, to use the tools I have to steady and soothe. Take naps. Wear soft things. Go for walks in the crisp autumnal sun. Journal whatever falls out of my brain without judgment. Make soup. Eat pudding. Steep in hot water. Cancel plans. Talk when I feel like it and don't when I don't. Lure the cat into bed. Take a time out from checking the news. Stretch. Hug for a little longer. Smile at strangers and watch their faces soften. Gawp at a spider's web. Cronch some leaves. That sort of thing. And you? Feel free to share anything you wish below. How you're feeling? What you're busy with/ struggling with/ or celebrating? How you're nurturing yourself? Big love, always. All things considered, we're doing very well. Xxx 📷 Cuddling my precious homeslice in a half-shell, Clive, this afternoon. She's always home. She reminds me I am too. #teamcheckin