You know those periods when you're just in a funk and can't seem to shake it?

These periods can be draining, overwhelming, and just so hard. I want to share a practice with you that I've found helpful: being rather than doing.

If I'm completely honest, I'm actually in one of those funks right now.

The last two weeks have just felt like a bit too much, you know what I mean? Has anything happened? No... I'm just tired. So if you're also tired then hello tired friend- I appreciate you so, so much.

Here's what "being rather than doing" means to me and how I practice it:

• I remind myself that productivity is a social construct, and if I don't get everything done I will survive and so will everyone else.

• I allow myself to sit in whatever feelings come up for me and practice "noting" labelling feeling as feeling and thinking as thinking).

• Rather than taking on more things or DOING more to "get over" the funk, I treat myself with self-compassion and take more rest.

It's not easy to do these things. In fact, it's really hard. We're surrounded by a world that promotes "doing" instead of "being" and these practices encourage us to be our authentic selves rather than versions of ourselves other people will like better. If you're a recovering people pleaser like me, this is seriously hard work. When we're in a funk, we can feel like we're letting other people AND ourselves down...

Well we're not here to people please and to do things for other peoples' approval. We're here to be ourselves- and being ourselves requires that we show up for ourselves. It requires us to give ourselves the love we give to everyone else in our worlds. It is seriously uncomfortable at first, but it DOES get easier... and when we can practice loving ourselves in hard times, the funky phases become a little bit more manageable.

You can do this, I totally believe in you (and me too).