Maud | Struggle Bus Support

Today we made our cats a bedroom.

Major cheat code in life: Understanding you can reinvent yourself at any time. New habits, new standards, new friend group, new career, etc. There's no rule that says you have to stay the person you've always been. You're allowed to decide––"I'm done being this version of me."

@CranwellBob Thanks for the tip! 😄

@StruggleBusBlog “Travels with Herodotus” draws so many parallels through ancient and modern history, politics and human nature.

Currently reading... what are you reading atm?

My biggest fear is knowing there must be a book meant to be my absolute favourite, every other sentence worth highlighting and my thoughts meant for its margins, and it could define obsession for me, but life is short and I might never even come across it.

@CranwellBob Wow, that sounds interesting! I will have a look into his books. He sounds like he has some stories to tell..

@StruggleBusBlog Ryszard Kapuscinski. Almost always everything by this guy is a remarkable level of observation and understanding context. The sole Polish foreign journo for years on a salary that g’teed fleabag hostels. Could be ‘war zones on a dollar a day’.

Why is it so hard for people, especially some wellness influencers, to admit this simple truth…. You can do everything right. You can eat the kale, take the supplements, walk 10k steps a day, lift the weights, meditate, sleep 8 hours, avoid sugar, avoid seed oils, avoid whatever gives you joy in the name of wellness, anddddd you can still get sick. That doesn’t mean lifestyle doesn’t matter. It does. Immensely. But it also doesn’t mean you’re to blame when things go wrong. Health is not a merit badge. And illness is not a personal failure. You’re allowed to try your best and still need help. That’s not weakness. That’s being human and acknowledging our realities.

Really starting to feel old. Made a wrong move and now my back refuses service. 🥹 Ouch

@CranwellBob Yes! 🙌

@StruggleBusBlog Check brakes, lights, steering, tyres. See and be seen ❤️‍🩹

There’s no shame in being on the Struggle Bus. But the only way to get off is to get behind the wheel and learn how to drive it yourself. It’s time to stop being a passenger and set your own course in life. It doesn’t matter if you don’t exactly know where you want to go just yet

Driving the Struggle Bus is about learning how to steer, how far to step on the gas and when to break. It’s about learning to enjoy the sights along the way and being okay with wrong turns. 🚌

@lucyturnspages That’s so cute! Keep on creating beautiful things ❤️

We don’t have to be fully healed to fully love. We can continue to heal IN relationship. SO many of our wounds are relational, so we heal through the work of co-creating safety, and learning to repair rupture without shutting down and jetting. Staying through the pain, working through it, and truly seeing one another, IS the ultimate love language. XO, Dr. Jen

@lucyturnspages Subscribed! Perfect vibe for my reading and writing 😍

@Sweetestmoonuk Appreciate it ❤️

@StruggleBusBlog Totally agree. You know you can dm me if you need an extra ear

Breaking up with a friends is painful, but when someone shows you who they really are, believe them. You can love them and still walk away. You don’t have to keep tolerating what your unhealed self accepted. The truth is not everyone deserves access to you. Choose yourself.

@Sweetestmoonuk Sometimes it is the best thing you can do… ❤️

@StruggleBusBlog Been there too but after 30 years i was fed up with them moaning about the same thing all the time. So walked away

What book has impacted you the most? Any genre. I just want to know what story has changed you.

instagram.com/p/DLVNmwfRzkK/… #burnoutrecovery #MentalHealthMatters #anxiety

An overwhelm day today. Too much on my plate and the tears start flowing again. That didn't change. The way I handle days like this did. So I had a good cry, a nice shower and a cool drink and I'm feeling a bit better. <3