The Gifts of Discomfort (+ tips for redesigning your life)
“Life has a way of saying, “Hey, come back over here, reconnect.” The only way that you’ll actually wake up and experience freedom is if you have the capacity and courage to stay with the vulnerability … and the discomfort.”
-Tara Brach
I was recently in Mexico on the Pacific side. The waves were loud and rough. The incessant crashing felt mildly agitating and I found myself turning to homemade tortillas and gluten-free baked treats to ground myself and raise my serotonin (nothing like carb loading to boost our mood!).
How do you respond to discomfort? Most of us understandably turn to our favorite distractions—alcohol, food, our phones, shopping, drugs or Netflix—when we’re feeling uncomfortable and want to run from what we’re feeling. This week, I’m exploring the gifts that come from discomfort and what to do when we experience contrast. Watch a 3 min. video and join me:
Every week I offer up a question or reflection to help us slow down and live from the inside out. This week, I’m exploring the gifts that come from contrast.
Want more? Read What is My Life Trying to Tell Me (+ an exercise for redesigning your life). I’d love to hear how you respond to discomfort. We’ll be exploring this along with how to access more freedom/joy/pleasure, ways to tend to our souls, reconnect with our passion and find deep rest and renewal at our upcoming April 26-28 Awakening Your Wild Soul: Women’s Self-Renewal Retreat at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. Learn more and register. I’d love to support you; consider joining us!
SEEKING SUPPORT FOR PRIORITIZING YOUR SELF-CARE?
- April 26 – 28th ~ Awakening Your Wild Soul: A Women’s Self-Renewal Retreat at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health (Berkshire Mountains, Western MA). Join me for a complete re-set: replenishing rest, divine natural foods cuisine, song/movement, restorative yoga and more. I’d love to mentor you in learning to revere your energy and direct it to what matters most. Packages start at just $635 for this deeply supportive, replenishing weekend. Learn more and register.
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- April 5th & April 18th ~ “Refill Your Well: Tools & Practices to Build Resiliency.” Feeling burned out, live in Western NC and work in education/healthcare/nonprofit management? Through the generous support of NC foundations, The Center for Trauma Resilient Communities will offer several half-day self-renewal retreats for leaders in healthcare, education and nonprofit management. I’m excited to facilitate these grant-funded events for men/women around creating sustainability for self. Register here to attend or hire me to speak to your organization.
- Wild Souls Nature Adventures (based in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western NC): authentic movement classes, community song circles, full moon hikes, meditation workshops, women’s circles & more. New offerings listed each week; have me design a custom experience for your team/friends. Join us Sunday, April 7th for our next Wild Souls Authentic Movement near Asheville, NC. Learn more.
Subscribe here to Live Inside Out, a weekly blog written by mindfulness coach/author/speaker and self-care evangelist Renée Peterson Trudeau. Passionate about helping men and women find balance through the art/science of self-care, Renee has been facilitating high-impact, interactive workshops for Fortune 500 companies, national nonprofits/conferences and organizations/teams worldwide for 25 years. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Fast Company, Good Housekeeping, Yoga Journal, AARP Magazine, Spirituality & Health and more. She and her team have certified more than 450 facilitators in 10 countries around the globe to lead self-renewal groups/retreats based on her pioneering self-care curriculum. 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. She and her husband live in Western North Carolina; her latest venture is Wild Souls Nature Adventures. More on Renee here.
