EP41: Lessons From Our Travels

If you have been following the show, you may know that this
summer, we took a trip of a lifetime. We spent six weeks enjoying
amazing places, meeting friends old and new, and doing things
that we have never done before. My husband and I wanted to do
this trip even before we had children. We wanted to show them the
world in a way that works for our lifestyle, our budgets, our
timeframe. And this summer, after some planning and some
creativity, we did!


In today's episode I'm going to share with you the lessons from
those six amazing weeks and what you can take away from stepping
outside of your comfort zone, pushing your edges, following a
dream, being in a place that's unfamiliar.


1 - We are taught fear. We're taught to fear
other cultures. We're taught to field people we don't understand
or languages that we don't speak or religions that aren't our
own.


I invite you to consider - what are the things you have been
taught to fear?


2 - Traveling has given me empathy, perspective, and what
little patience I have. Empathy, patience and
perspective, have given me a worldview that I hope is more open
hearted and open minded than it otherwise would have been had.


There are always opportunities to stretch beyond what we know.
There are always opportunities to stretch beyond what we know and
to grow beyond what we fear if we are willing to step into them.


How can you do that a little bit more in your life?


3 - The lifelong millennium long seeking, searching quest
about being present. We struggle with this a lot in our
fast moving, fast thinking, doing, doing, striving, striving
culture.


Can I really, really be here now? Can I really, really feel the
joy, the deep joy? Could I let that in?


4 - Look up. It is an automatic way to reengage
that sense of presence and the sense of appreciation and
observation and noticing.  


5 - People are people living their lives no matter where
you go. This looks different in some ways and in a big
city you can see a different way of life within a matter of
blocks.


And this idea of our common humanity just like touches my heart
deeply and the trip just kept reminding me of that.


6 - For the moms and Dads who are listening,  my
kids can do things. If you're not a parent, apply it to
yourself - you can do things that you might not think you can do!
I know that sounds obvious and silly and trite, but it's amazing
to watch somebody's confidence expand as you do hard things.


In trying new things, my children found a new capacity for their
own capabilities.


7 - We can prioritize how we spend our time, money, and
energy at all levels. I'm also a huge advocate of our
own self agency and our own power of choice. We do not all get
the same opportunities unfortunately, and that is unfair and it
is true, but we all get some self agency in terms of how we
relate to our circumstances and how we use our time, how we
manage our thoughts and how we use our energy and where we give
our energy, where we put our attention and how we use our money.


Are you spending your time, your money and your energy
accordingly? Sit with that for a second and see if it's time to
reevaluate or reassess that.


8 - It is all about connection to ourselves, to our
vitality, our voice, our sense of purpose and impact and to
others.  The benefits of cultivating meaningful
relationships are extraordinary, including sometimes the
opportunity to step into others' lives and other parts of the
world.


9 - Transition can be hard as hell y'all. It can be
hard. It's hard for me sometimes it's very hard for my
children sometimes. You got to give yourself some grace. We all
need to give ourselves some grace. If we're giving ourselves some
grace, we have space to give others some as well


How can I be kinder to myself right now? How can I show myself
some grace while I move through transitions?


10 - How can I and how you you bring that sense of
freedom and presence and courage and grace into our daily
lives? How can we bring some of that newness and
freshness and some of those lessons we learn when we step outside
of our bubble and we step outside of our comfort zone and
integrate them into our daily existence.


That's what I want to leave you with. If you can just pause today
and listen to these lessons again, if you need to ask yourself
those questions around how can you show yourself more kindness
and grace?


How can you step outside of your daily routine and do something
that is slightly uncomfortable or slightly edgy for you and see
what shows up for you?


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