If you are at all familiar with my work, you will know that I often talk about four rooms: the mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually fit rooms. This week, you will be entering your Spiritually Fit Room. In keeping with our theme of the month, Extraordinary, we will be looking at what you can do to make 2025 an Extraordinary year. It is my word for the year and if you haven’t picked yours yet, I invite you to do that. For me, I want to lean in to finding the extraordinary in the ordinary.
When entering into your Spiritually FIt Room, I invite you to think about whether or not you are being fully present for yourself or is your mind constantly moving from one meeting or task to the next and then the next?
What a lot of people don’t realize is that happiness is when we’ve trained the brain to be calmer. Unhappiness occurs when the mind is scattered all over the place. Are you having trouble focusing? Could it be that you, as do many others, are looking for a quick fix of stimulation? The reality is that what would be more helpful is to get connected with yourself.
I highly recommend The Precious Present by Spencer Johnson, MD. It is a beautiful story of a young boy who loves visiting an elderly neighbour and he doesn’t understand what is different about him. As he grows up and goes on his own travels, he is trying to find the precious present that this man spoke about. (Spoiler Alert). At the end of the story, the young man realizes that the elderly neighbour meant that he was fully present for him.
My question to you is this: Where do you need to be more fully present in your life? Some places might be:
- With yourself
- With your family
- With your team
- With your leader
Where are you just so busy on that stress treadmill that you are simply moving from meeting to meeting or task to task and are never really fully present for the person in front of you?
We are such a distracted world right now. Our culture is such that we are doing so many things at once even though studies have shown that multitasking can be dangerous to the brain.
What if you gave yourself the gift of being present? What if for the next seven days you say to yourself “I am intentionally going to be present for whomever is in my presence including myself.” Notice the difference in the interaction. You will feel more connected to the person you are speaking with. They will feel seen and have a deeper sense of belonging. With all of the darkness out there in the world, we need to know that we matter.
I’d love to hear how you’ve set this intention and how you’ve been more present for yourself and for those around you.
Wishing you the very best and most present week ahead.
And remember…You are a POWERHOUSE.
Cate
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