Transformative Rest and the Power of Self-Care Explored

When Jenny Fielding faced the monumental task of healing, she discovered the power of pausing. As a physiotherapist intimately familiar with the recovery process, Jenny shares her insights on the art of giving oneself the grace to just be in this week's heartfelt episode.  I review her article as it weaves through the importance of self-care, especially when life's storms, like cancer, challenge us.  I explore the often neglected practice of setting realistic goals and the courage it takes to occasionally hang up our 'super person capes.' This is an open invitation to anyone navigating the tumultuous seas of health and healing, seeking a beacon of community and understanding.

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Transcript

Bettina Brown: 0:08

Welcome to this In the Rising podcast short. This podcast is a companion on your journey through cancer, offering support, insights and a community for fighters and the incredible families who stand by them. So major life events give people the opportunity to stop and reevaluate what's important to them. Sometimes we don't achieve them because we can berate ourselves or we get angry, but none of that is really healthy or at all conducive to healing. So Jenny Fielding, a physiotherapist basically a physical therapist outside the US, realized this herself and she realized that she needed to stop, breathe, not schedule, not set unrealistic goals, just stop, whether realistically.

Bettina Brown: 0:57

This is often very difficult, but allowing yourself to do nothing can give you the opportunity to be something and someone where being and the presence of being is prioritized overdoing.

Bettina Brown: 1:13

So what are ways that we can stop and reevaluate what can be done so we can take the time and get a routine a cup of coffee or tea or any moment that is available to you where it's silent, or some gentle music to just be and when you're in this time, find out what your why is for absolutely everything that you do that is important.

Bettina Brown: 1:38

So we focus a lot on the what, but from time to time we need to focus on why and the why behind it and be realistic and honest with yourself. What is most feasible for you, and realizing that what is feasible can be changing from week to week, and it can change from season to season, and sometimes the greatest act of courage that we can do is to take off that super person cape who thinks that we can do absolutely everything all the time for everyone minus ourselves, because without us, without our own cup overflowing, we have so little to give an offer. So tune in on Tuesdays for an empowering journey through topics that touch your heart revolving cancer and that journey, such as relationships, health, self care and mindset and also join us for all of these podcasts to inspire you, challenge you and enrich your life and have a special gift for you below, and let's build one another up.