431: This Is Not Normal

The life you are living right now is not normal.  It is far from it. 

Pretending this is normal is dangerous.  We can’t 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. 

If we normalize this, we risk bypassing our grief and our suffering.  We risk not learning critical lessons in order to know better and do better next time we are faced with a similar crisis.

Right now, we are not ok.  While we may be counting our blessings and feeling lucky and grateful in many ways, we are not ok.  We get to be both.  Two conflicting emotions get to exist:

Not ok and lucky.

Sad and hopeful.

Tired and cheerful.

Scared and joyful.

Overwhelmed and grateful.

Isolated yet overly connected and enmeshed with every member of our household (am I right??)

We are not ok and we will not normalize this, but we do need to create a sense of normalcy in our everyday lives.

Listen in to learn 4 ways to create normalcy when life is anything but normal. 

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Sara Dean launched the Shameless Mom Academy to help moms lead more positive, powerful and purposeful lives #everydamnday. Sara is an award winning fitness professional, author, speaker, and leadership & transformation coach who spent the last 18+ years serving moms in the fields of business, leadership, psychology, sociology, health & wellness. But, it took becoming a mom herself in 2012 to learn that - holy cow - this is hard work, and if you’re not paying attention you can completely lose your own sense of identity while raising babies. Join Sara every Monday and Wednesday as she and her notable guests dig deep into topics like creating the confidence you crave; turn your struggles into strengths, building better boundaries, and tuning into tiny habits that can change your life. Discover how why thousands of moms all over the world are turning to The Shameless Mom Academy to live bigger, bolder, braver lives #everydamnday.