Yes I’m a counsellor and help others with their emotions but I too am human and I know that one of my mental health defences is to ‘cope’. I’m always the one with the plan, the one who can be depended on to be ultimately responsible. It’s my comfort blanket, my way of getting approval. Has been for a long time.
This defence is mostly really helpful to me. I’ve spent most of my life leading, inspiring, motivating.
So this is a reminder for those optimistic, strong, coping ones like me that it’s ok to sometimes not cope and not have the solutions. Reaching out and showing this vulnerability is sometimes difficult but may just be the right thing to do at times.
I hope you are well, interesting times, we are all just passengers at the moment awaiting the new destination. But outside the unknowns are changes in values and the growth of community spirit. Humanity is showing its best and worst, the best seems to be in communities and the average person, the worse from some of our leaders, we are in a huge phase shift in how we live, work and do business. In one way these are new beginnings, strange and scary at the moment but this will have an impact on how we care and live in the future. Coping can be a challenge and I agree its OK not to be OK, even as one who always has the plan. But ready or not this is our time, a leader must lead, carers must care, not those appointed but those that can naturally. Sending much love to you and all your loved ones.
Huge love to you too 🙂