Reconnecting To Your Own Resources in Turbulent Times — Kate Greenslade

Using Your Past Experiences

We often underestimate the power of what we’ve already lived through.

Think for a moment about all the love you’ve experienced. The hugs from friends when you needed them most. The kind words someone offered when you doubted yourself. The laughter that filled a room and made you feel, even briefly, completely seen.

All of these moments are stored in your nervous system like a medicine. When you bring them to mind, your body will experience those lovely, warm memories and top up your battery 🙌

This goes the same for the wisdom you’ve read in books that shifted your thinking. All those podcast episodes that sparked a new idea, or the quiet insight you had during a walk.

Let’s not also forget beauty. Those moments when the sky turned orange at sunset, or the stillness of an early morning before emails and phone pings. The way your dog looks at you, the taste of a perfectly brewed coffee, the cosiness of clean sheets. These are not frivolous, they’re deeply sustaining. They feed the soul in ways we often don’t appreciate until we pause to recall them.

So, when you feel low, down or disconnected, or unsure of yourself, you can intentionally draw from this internal well of wisdom and beauty and love.

Let it remind you that you are never empty. You’re full of life, full of love, full of beauty. You’ve known joy before and you will again.

Creating a Sustaining Practice or Ritual 

You can build ongoing resilience and groundedness with small, intentional practices that keep you tethered to what matters.

Rituals don’t have to be grand or time consuming, they just need to be yours.

☕️  A morning check-in with yourself over coffee

🕯️  Lighting a candle before you start your workday

🛌  Taking ten minutes to stretch before bed

📝  Journaling on a Sunday evening about what you’re proud of that week

These things might seem small but they really do add up. They create structure and rhythm when life feels a bit chaotic. They’re like a gentle nudge back to yourself when life tries to pull you in a million directions.

Take time to create practices that reflect your values and your needs. It’s a commitment to yourself that says, “I matter. My energy matters. My inner world is worth caring for.”

Even when you’re busy or your family life is full, these rituals can be like soft anchors keeping you connected to yourself.

Start with Wonder

One of the most heart opening ways I’ve found to reconnect with joy and presence is the “Prop of Wonder”. It’s a simple, playful mindset exercise that’s surprisingly effective.

Ask yourself a question that invites you into curiosity. For example:

💭  I wonder what unexpected kindness might show up for me this week?

💭  I wonder what I might learn about myself if I pause more often?

💭  I wonder what ordinary thing will feel beautiful today?

When you use curiosity you take the pressure off needing to fix anything. It helps us see beauty where we’d normally miss it. I love how it invites ease, playfulness, and presence.

📝 Journal your answers or sit in a quiet mediation to contemplate….

A Quick Daily Check-in

Another practice to re-connect with your reservoir of joy, love and contentment is to consider:

📍 What’s one memory of love or support I can revisit today?

📍 What is one tiny ritual I could begin this week to anchor myself?

📍 What “Prop of Wonder” might I carry into next week?

You’re likely holding space for your clients, your family, your community and our yown dreams but in order to do that with care and sustainability, you need to return to yourself to recharge.

Love, wisdom, and ritual are not luxuries. They’re lifelines.

Next time you feel scattered, drained, or like you’ve somehow lost your spark, I invite you to return to what you’ve lived, to what you know, to what sustains you.

You are not empty. You are rich in every way that matters.