A car turned right in front of me while I had a green light. What the heck is he doing? Why did he flip me off? What is that important that he is risking his life, mine and others to turn in front of oncoming traffic? After being rear ended less than a week a go, I was enraged and scared. The shock in my body from the surprise of a hard impact just last week re-traumatized every cell in my body. I am also freshly recovering from the car bike accident back in August where there was more bodily injury and a long recovery process.

Still, it makes me question whether I am the victim. Am I moving just too fast and not paying attention? What is the lesson here? How do I stay open to the way my mind works so I can support a more balanced healing? Maybe I just don’t know why this is happening. As I am working to move out of the reactionary place of WTF? and into What is the teaching in this?, I can understand the foundation of self care I have been cultivating has been essential in helping me to bounce back emotionally and physically. My acute awareness of my body and mind helps me to know what it means to be whole and where I am in the process. Other practitioners who can help me tune into the deeper spiritual meanings in my life have given me the space to reframe what would otherwise be a true setback. For example—breaking my wrist, someone suggested, was potentially an opportunity for a creativity release. This resonated with me because I want to write some books this year.

Self care has been more and more important for my own self knowledge of my mind, body and spirit. Making time for walks with friends, time in nature, good food, nourishing soaks at the end of the day, sleep and time with family has been essential for more resilience in my spine and it is helping tremendously to bounce back. Yet, at my age, any injury is a big deal and it reminds me of how precious being in relationship with healthy habits can be.

So, I encourage you to consider the value of self care so that the three components of resiliency, compassion and equanimity are right there for you when you meet the unexpected — a challenge of any size. Who/what are your go to people/practices?

Let’s talk about how I can become a part of your healing journey! Don’t wait for a new crisis to begin building your resilient support team. Putting time into the development of these relationships can be the difference-maker in times of change or stress. Your results are easily noted when this co-created tracking process has been established!