431: This Is Not Normal
The life you are living right now is not normal.\xa0It is far from it.\xa0\nPretending this is normal is dangerous.\xa0We can\u2019t afford to normalize this because we would risk losing our compassion, our fighting spirit, and the opportunity to innovate and create solutions that are desperately needed right now.\xa0\nIf we normalize this, we risk bypassing our grief and our suffering.\xa0We risk not learning critical lessons in order to know better and do better next time we are faced with a similar crisis.\nRight now, we are not ok.\xa0While we may be counting our blessings and feeling lucky and grateful in many ways, we are not ok.\xa0We get to be both.\xa0Two conflicting emotions get to exist:\nNot ok and lucky.\nSad and hopeful.\nTired and cheerful.\nScared and joyful.\nOverwhelmed and grateful.\nIsolated yet overly connected and enmeshed with every member of our household (am I right??)\nWe are not ok and we will not normalize this, but we do need to create a sense of normalcy in our everyday lives.\nListen in to learn 4 ways to create normalcy when life is anything but normal.\xa0\nLinks Mentioned:\nJoin The Shameless Mom Con Collective: shamelessmomcon.com\n\nThank you to our sponsors:\n\nBest Fiends: Download FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play.\n\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices