Hi Reader,

Take some time to reflect on this past week before heading into the weekend.

This is a tool to help you understand your relationship to work, yourself, and your boundaries. Use the questions below as a guide to help you reflect on the week.

Questions

1. How did you stay aligned with your values this week?
2. What help did you ask for this week?
3. What from this week must you release before you can tend to your joy this weekend?
4. What boundaries and practices will help you release what must be released?
5. How will you commit to joy this weekend?

Set Yourself Up for Rest

There is heaviness in the air accompanied by grief's bitter sting as we approach a full 365 days of genocide in Gaza.

Personally, this time of year is already dripping with the memories of loved ones who are no longer here. I lost at least one good friend each year between 2013-2016, all of whom shed their mortal forms between September and December. Even in those years, I was no stranger to peer death, but those particular three years changed me, just as this one-year mark has changed so many of us.

What we've witnessed over the past 365 days through our phones and in the stories of folks experiencing this horror has triggered collective grief on a massive scale. The overarching tone of conversations I've had with clients, friends, family, and new connections over the past few months has been somber, with rage seething just beneath.

How do we carry this much collective rage and sadness at once?

I don't know, but however we do it, we must first give ourselves space to Be with it.

When we give ourselves space to be with our grief, it can catalyze radical transformation. This week's practice is an invitation to do just that.

As this week winds to a close, pay attention to how settled you feel in your skin. How connected to yourself do you feel? What's present in your reality at this particular moment? How can you create more room in your life for your grieving process?

Listen as well as you can, then note what comes up, starting with the phrase "I need." After you're done, read through it, identify the smallest action, and honor it in the way you can right now.

Note: what you can do at the moment might be different from what you know you're capable of in general. That's OK.

You may need to ask for help with honoring that action. If that's the case, try to think of at least three people you can ask.

Return to your notes over the next few months to notice how you relate to them as time passes. After three months, repeat this exercise.

See you next week.

Peace,

Taj

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