Navigating Difficult Times: Practical Tips to help you navigate through these difficult times with awareness and self-compassion

Come back to Self-compassion. There is no point in beating yourself up. Every single part of the journey you have had so far has brought you to this place. Every single thing you have tried has helped you on your journey. 

We all live daily with changing emotions and feelings in our lives. When a massive global problem like the pandemic throws our entire world into fear and combines with our own daily fear then feelings of overwhelm can occur.

If you are experiencing difficulties generally and not just in response to a specific situation that touches various aspects of your life, let's talk about it. 

Today we live in difficult times and many of us are feeling the impact more and more on a weekly if not daily basis. Simply put many people just don’t feel safe, connected, and trusting.

During this age of uncertainty and confusion, many people are sharing a heightened sense of:

Fear/sadness

isolation

vulnerability

stress

frustration/anger

lack of joy

anxiety/depression

confusion

feelings of helplessness

sleep loss

fear to be in public places

withdrawing from normal day-to-day activities

These have affected people all around the globe in many different ways physically, psychologically, and spiritually.

How can we negotiate and navigate through these difficult times and best achieve meaningful relationships filled with honesty, love, compassion, joy, and caring for ourselves and our loved ones?

If you, a friend, a loved one, or a family member are experiencing any of the above, please know this:

"You are not alone, you are normal and are having perfectly normal reactions to the abnormal events of our time." 

There is nothing wrong or missing inside you. You’re simply and understandably quite upset from all of these cataclysmic events in the past few years. You are not emotionally unstable or crazy. I haven’t met anybody who isn’t, including myself.

 Together, we will look for a greater understanding and untie the knots of these patterns and concerns that can overcome the repetitive ways that we react to a given situation.

My approach focuses on interpersonal relationships. It is an opportunity for you to talk to someone and discover a new way of looking at difficult circumstances, discover new skills and gain a better understanding of yourself and others. 

Who can benefit?

The following concerns might offer benefit from this type of therapy:

• Overwhelming feelings of sadness or helplessness.
• An inability to cope with everyday problems.
• Difficulty concentrating on work or studies
• Addictive behavior such as drinking too much, taking recreational drugs, or being aggressive to an extent that is harming
• themselves or others.
• A sense that problems never improve 
• Feeling constantly on edge or worrying unnecessarily.
• Feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or depressed