Stress Me Out

Today I am heading to a 2-hour psychic reading and healing session with my friend, Allie Mauer. If you haven’t read my post – Seriously, I Love Psychic Readings – check it out. I’m obsessed with so many things right now, including psychic readings, guided meditations, reading books that go along with the Awaken & Rise Program (details here on that). Plus I’m busy finishing up details for the launch of my new business, I signed up to work with a business class at Waconia High School over the next few months. and I’m really just thinking about putting Christmas decorations up and blasting some Jingle Bells! My 2019 calendar is FULL, my desk is loaded with 2020 ideas, reserved dates, upcoming events, things to buy before baby, a list of dates my instructors need off, the start of our action plan for when baby boy Tevis arrives –.which includes an absence of available grandparents in the state at that time (don’t even get me started on this stressful topic).

However, most days, I’m walzing through life feeling pretty chill. Things go from today’s to do list to tomorrow’s until finally those to-dos get checked off. I feel pretty stress-free, unless I think about a new baby arriving, a business to run, a toddler to manage and all my help is going south …or when I get acupuncture needles shoved in my stress points and almost jump off the table. Those two moments make me realize I have some serious stress hanging out in my body and mind. Stress is a weird thing, and it shows up in weird ways. For me, I can cover up stress well. I have a list a mile long of stress management techniques I use – including daily exercises and self-care, I spend time alone recharging, I use my two Ruby-free days to crush my to-do list, I’ve learned to say no, go to bed early, wake up earlier (to get more things done) and sometimes I just say FUCK IT! (Live in the moment, a big topic I can’t stop reading about!)

Last week, I met Vivian Rank, owner of Be Coached. She is going to be hosting a Stress Mastery Workshop at SIU in early 2020. We hit it off immediately. Vivian is really cool. She’s an executive business coach who left corporate America to start her own coaching business, she works with mostly women to help them be more badass. While I chatted with her for more than an hour on Zoom, I felt I’d known her forever. During our conversation she told me all about Stress Mastery and the workshops she leads. I was so intrigued; I am a master of stress management, but always living in stress. My poop dr. constantly tells me I’m in fight or flight mode. I don’t really understand what this means, but it’s not a great place to be 24/7 – eventually you will crash. I’ve had this information for a while, which is why I’ve learned to practice all those stress management techniques. They work, they help me live a chill AF life …most of the time (again unless I think about the month of March: due date, toddler, businesses, lack of help). When I get super stressed or think about March, I lose sleep, and I get more sensitive or super bitchy. Halfway through our conversation, I told Vivian I need her coaching ASAP. I signed up for a Stress 360 assessment, with three 60-minute coaching sessions, to help me get some stress mastery under my belt so I can deal with what’s coming in 18 short weeks.

To be honest, I’m a little nervous to find out exactly how stressed I might be – and how much I’m holding on to inside of me. I’ll keep you posted as I start my sessions with Vivian. My first appointment is Wednesday! Here goes nothing! Stay tuned to find out more details about her Stress Mastery Workshop coming to SIU. I’ll definitely be checking in with Allie today about how my spirit guides, angels and “higher self” feel about my stress level, heavy to do list, overloaded schedule, endless to-do list and March 2020. If they – through Allie – tell me to rest and get sun, I’m booking a vacay tonight! Happy Monday! Stay stress-free, my friends!