Rise with Ease with Kat Johnson

If you're like me right now, finding time to calm your nerves is imperative..but it's hard with the change of routine to figure out when and how. I've experienced what many have, kids at home, working from home, furlough and future loss of income, chaos in the uncertainty, etc. My morning routine has been saving my butt big time. Instead of hiding in netflix, worry and cookies I'm spending time in the morning to feel and process what is happening. Meditation, journal, walking, gratitude.

This conversation with Kat Johnson came out of a desire to share with others critical tools that can support your emotional and mental well being right now. This is the first in what I hope to be multiple little conversations over the next few weeks.

In additional I felt inspired to restart my Facebook Group - UPLIFT for passionate change makers (link in the comments) to share my journey and hopefully provide tools and resources for those who may be feeling a bit out of control right now. It's not that I've got it all figured out, but I am in a much better place now than I was 3 years ago and I love sharing.

I believe that when you bring calm into a crazy situation you can help diffuse all the fear, panic and anxiety that is around you. But you have to be able to create that calm. I'm someone who tends to pick up on the energy of those around me (if they are spun up I am spun up). Over the past few years I've been learning how to claim my own emotions and energy and master them in a way so that I don't get so flooded and overwhelm by what I'm feeling. This has been a practice - mindfulness, meditation, spiritual practice, questioning my thoughts and much more. Being a boss of my mornings has been key.