Dr. Anna Roth PhD, RYT

My deepest wish for you is that by learning what is happening for you and inside of you, YOU CAN MAKE *YOURSELF* A HOME. #hope #home #safety #change

Birth can feel like dying. The end of everything. Until we are delivered into a new world. You were made for this labor. The labor of your life.

Love generates no resistance. Just openness. Safety. Acceptance. Patience. The exact conditions that our bodies, hearts and souls need to return back to health and vitality after this truly traumatic year.

Don't forget that under any clouds or layers, any passing storms you are in, behind it all you are still pure light xo

Take a moment to look at your week ahead. What does your schedule & budget say about what you value? What story does your calendar tell? What about your transaction history?

This year we have been forced to cling to scraps. We have not had adequate support or contact; resources or help. If it feels shitty, that is because it is. Not because you have the wrong mindset.

Ironically, when the stakes aren't so high and we are rooted in "I'm with you no matter what" we are able to be much more brave, much more boundaried, much more disciplined than we tend to be when our way of motivating ourselves is militant.

One of the most profound yet simple things you can do from now until you die is to simply check in with yourself more often and do your best to meet yourself where you are at NOT WHERE YOU THINK YOU SHOULD BE OR WANT TO BE.

Our brain likes to finish and make sense of things. It will keep trying to do so until it can. In situations (cough pandemic) we often ruminate because our brain is trying to help us find resolution and we can't. This is understandably and naturally unsettling.

The smart beings that we are, we have adapted over time to the pressurized world we live in to meet the speed limit of life. Because of this slowing down *will* feel uncomfortable, even wrong.

"Love is the bridge between you and everything.”⁠ -Rumi⁠

Full coffee, eye bags, can't lose. ⁠ ⁠ That's the 2020 version right? ⁠ ⁠ Keep going.

The idea that playing will make work WORK better is an idea that my inner workhorse can truly get behind. I know that's NOT THE POINT. But you know, we gotta meet ourselves where we are at. Life doesn't work without play. This weekend see if you can't play, even a little.

I know I'm not the only one who feels unwell after watching Unwell on Netflix. If you haven't seen it, it highlights several alternative- some "out there" modalities for healing- showcasing both positive and negative reactions to the medium. ⁠ ⁠

Imposter Syndrome in short is when how you feel about yourself and your performance DOES NOT MATCH with your track record.

Leave it to the legacy of RBG and the silent work of ordinary people (Laurel Thatcher Ulrich) to show you that the quiet persistent mattering and actions have a ripple effect that changes everything.

Gentle Reminder.⁠ ⁠ Protect your energy this weekend.

This is my definition, what’s yours?

Don't ever be ashamed for grieving. Or beat yourself up for your broken heart. Feel stupid for caring more. Being more "effected." The bigger the pains we feel in life, the bigger our capacity for deep feeling. Big hearts hurt big.

Green with envy?⁠ ⁠ My approach for working with envy is to see it as a direct reflection of what I want to have, pursue, embody.⁠ ⁠ Use envy as a mirror.

Our boots are soggy and our umbrellas have taken a beating. But one thing is for sure, we will not be the same on the other side of this storm in ways we could have never imagined for ourselves. That is what the storm is all about.