The Election

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Lately

It's interesting growing older isn't it? It can be kind of scary though, along with all the other frightening things that are happening in the world.

Aside from more aches and pains, and having to stretch much more often, I'm finding my word recollection is growing more difficult at age 63 and worry that I have Alzheimer's like my mom did, as most people likely do, who have gone through it with a parent.

The good news is that I have learned in the last few years that I have DYSNOMIA, which is a wing of dyslexia and common with people with ADHD as well.

Learning this about myself was such a relief.

Because of my dysnomia, writing posts can at times be very challenging and a slow process, as I search, like a cell tower, for the words I need to write to express myself. In conversation I can talk around the word I am missing but in writing, it is not so easy, unless I want to ramble, which I do not.😕

Someone once told me that I write like reporter which I think is pretty accurate.

I have also been oscillating, between being amazed at my aging body, with lots of lines on it now, and the true masterpiece that it is becoming...AND also frequently thinking, "Good gawd am I looking old! Where the hell did my former self go?"

But I truly feel that we all become beautiful works of art when we take good care of ourselves and allow ourselves to step into and continue to glow in, the amazing aging patina process.

And how fortunate I feel, being able to observe this natural occurrence, both in myself and others.

As I have always said, it's as normal as getting our baby teeth. 

In case you have been questioning the beauty of aging, have a look at these untouched beauties HERE. I especially like the older man swimming in the water, in the upper left hand corner.

Also recently on my radar, is that I have just begun school for more coach training. This time, to get my sex & relationship coaching tools through the Somatica Institute, which I am both very excited about and scared to begin. It is a subject however that I have always been very interested in, as many of you know and I want to help others better navigate this important energy for healthy living in themselves, as I continue to navigate it in myself. I will be collaborating on the journey with the Hallowell Center for ADHD, where I have been on staff as a coach, for the last 3+ years.

I am hugely grateful in their support of this for me.

And lastly, I leave you with this beautiful nugget 🧡

You vs You

Found this on a shelf under a box of granola at the grocery store. Clearly meant for me to share. 

It really is us vs ourselves. 

Whenever we think of doing something and a little voice inside says we can't, we need to IGNORE IT. Stop in your tracks and ignore it! 

It takes bravery to change and/or to try new things but believe me it's so worth it and it’s very enriching.

And makes life so much JUICIER!

We are running out of time....

Stay tuned for my big scary new endeavor.....

What do you want to do that you haven't done or that makes you too frightened to think about starting?

Yes that thing. 🧡

xo,

Louise