😇 DIP: Navigate Overwhelm Like This
Ed #39: Daily In-Pulse (DIP) TL;DR I felt extremely overwhelmed for the first time. A lot of things happened all of a sudden. Three actions happened intuitively to help me get back! I realized a lot!
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At around 1230pm today afternoon, I started to feel overwhelmed.
I didn’t really know what overwhelm felt like earlier. Earlier, I thought when you were under stress or under extreme pressure - that’s when you feel overwhelmed. It was kind of heavy breathing, some anxious energy, and a lot of running thoughts.
But today, it was much more than that!
Firstly, I was in my constant thoughts to navigate my workday today (which as you know was highly demanding). This started with stress and pressure, and a lot of thoughts. Secondly, the heaviness about the pile of work worked my way to the body. It started with feeling a little pain at the back of my neck. This went slowly to my upper back and then heavily to my lower back. Lastly, I did not realize the stress my body was feeling until my thighs and calves felt heavily cramped. At that moment, neither my mind nor my body had anything that could help me take the load away. I felt like a big huge boulder has been put on top of my head and it was slowly crushing me down. I was feeling crushed not just mentally and emotionally, but now physically.
I realized this didn’t just start today, but from some days now. A lot of external factors plus internal motivations led to this abyss. I didn’t sleep quite well last night. My food has been affected the last week. My work just keeps piling with a lot of demand and pressure. My workout and closeness to nature being stopped for 2 months due to the lockdown. The lunar eclipse made me feel a little drained. The covid situation has not been helping me too! My side project has a big event coming up. My SaaS product is due to launch next month. It’s just a lot!
As much as I would like to promote high vibrations, there are days when everything crashes down. Today was one such day. But that’s how life teaches and reminds you to come back to what’s most important. Your inner-peace. Your love.
Here is how I came back from feeling overwhelmed to feeling centered:
First, I became self-aware. Right when I started cramping in my legs, I realized the gravity of the situation. I started to come back and step away from my thoughts. This helped me come back to the moment. I started feeling and understanding what was happening. This helped me in a BIG way. When I came back to the moment, I quickly shifted my focus to the body. I started noticing my breath. It slowly started to deepen. I sat down. I stopped everything. I became still. I just focused on my breath.
Next, when I knew I felt centered and balanced within myself, I did the most important thing. I re-phrased my mind. I delicately started asking what is the most important thing to me right now? My health. What is the most important thing to me right now? My well-being. What is the most important thing to me right now? My friends and family. Love. I slowly re-trained my monkey mind to understand what really matters. My priorities were set. I started to feel better.
Last, after around 30-45 minutes, I decided to take a break from everything. I knew cooking food with some light kirtan in the background helps me zone out. After making some of my fav juices and smoothies, I took a long shower for myself. It helped me relax! I let go of every thought. Every deadline. Simply cut off everything external from my life and focused on the internal. My well-being and it helped.
In around 75 minutes, I felt calm as a cucumber. Regarding my workload, what felt like a 2-hour deadline, I completed it in 30 minutes. I let go of a lot of things and came back to myself. And I have been feeling amazing since then.
I remembered a lot of realizations today:
Everything in life can wait
You can re-train your mind
Love is the greatest energy there is
Your well-being is your top priority
Mindfulness can help you ground at any point in life
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See you tomorrow! #VibrateHigher
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