(Video) Why’d You Stop Doing What Makes You Feel GOOD?

I recently moved from one temporary home to another.  In my old space, I would leap out of bed every morning in my pjs, walk out the back door of my cabin to say hello to the trees and wildlife and check the morning temps before I threw on my clothes and bounded out my front door for a morning nature walk. In my new space, my old familiar walking route is not as close and often I put off movement until later in the day. I recently realized my shift in my morning routine (my old morning pattern supported me in feeling really connected to nature) and paused to ask: Why had I stopped doing what made me feel so good?

I’ve been teaching men and women how to come in to balance through the art and science of self-care for more than 20 years. So often when I guide people through a check-in around their physical, emotional, spiritual and mental well-being, they’ll suddenly remember something they used to do that made them feel GREAT– a morning meditation, walking a beloved hiking trail, journaling, singing with a group, bicycling, cooking soup on Sundays–that they no longer do.  This week, I invite you to compassionately re-examine your self-care practice and check out my Live Inside Out question of the week below!

What did you used to do that made you feel wonderful  … but you stopped?  If you feel disconnected from what you most need right now, start by reading Self-Care 101: 3 Ways to Begin.  Invite in curiosity, compassion and a sense of levity (our brains love laughter!) as you explore what you may want to bring back in to your life … that temporarily slipped way. Let me me know how it goes! 

HOW CAN I SUPPORT YOU OR YOUR TEAM IN FINDING BALANCE & RESILIENCY? 

Join me Sunday, Dec. 19th from 1-4:30 ET for SOVEREIGNTY: A Women’s Self-Renewal Retreat (early bird rate ends 11/15). Asking, “What’s next?” as you peer in to 2022? Join me at one of my four upcoming retreats. I’d love to help you find clarity and alignment!

• Wild Souls Nature Adventures (based in Western NC where I live) offers magical, nature-based programs and practices to help you feel more grounded, alive and resilient. Read more and sign up to get notices! 
• **NEW 2021-2022 Retreats**~ learn more.  Just announced! THREE new Awakening Your Wild Soul: A Women’s Self-Renewal 2022 retreats. Join me at 1440 Multiversity (CA), Art of Living Retreat Center (NC), Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health (MA). Plus I’ll be doing a very special 12/19 one-day Winter Solstice Sovereignty retreat.  Save your spot now; we anticipate these will sell out. 
• Help your team/employees find balance in 2022! Schedule me to create a balanced living workshop, keynote or personal retreat to help your team, organization or employees feel less stressed and more resilient, creative and focused. For 20+ years I’ve been working with companies/organizations such as Women in Conservation, the Council on Family Violence, Merrill Lynch, the Center for Women in Law, the Hewlett Foundation and more.  Email me, I’d love to discuss how I can support your team or organization. Learn more here.

Subscribe here to Live Inside Out, a weekly blog written by life balance coach/speaker and self-care author Renée Peterson Trudeau. Passionate about helping men and women find balance through the art/science of self-care, her work has appeared in The New York Times, Good Housekeeping, US News & World Report, AARP, Spirituality & Health and more. She and her team have certified more than 400 facilitators in 10 countries around the globe to lead self-renewal groups for women based on her pioneering work. She’s the author of two books on life balance including the award-winning The Mother’s Guide to Self-Renewal: How to Reclaim, Rejuvenate and Re-Balance Your Life.  Renee lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina where she just launched Wild Souls Nature Adventures.  Originally from Austin, TX, she and her husband are enjoying a new empty nest. More on Renee here.