08 Jul Mindset Mastery: Finding Your Roots
Hello friend, Last week I was thinking about a recent trip I took to Portland to visit a childhood friend. It was my first time seeing her face-to-face in over thirty years. Over the years we’ve spent hours on the phone catching up; we never miss holidays or birthdays but life has never made it so that we could actually be in the same time zone at the same time until this year. The occasion was her 55th birthday and the timing was perfect. I told her that I’d been feeling an odd sense of boredom, maybe even a bit of a rut. Flying out to the Pacific Northwest and spending time together in a private oceanfront rental sounded divine. The plans were simple: a bit of sightseeing, a bit of dancing, a lot of laughing and a deep dive into really delicious food with plenty of down time to read and rest.
What I learned about my friend during our time together is how deep she had immersed herself in life. At one point she lived in a houseboat in San Francisco and at another point she ditched her title as VP of Finance and followed her heart towards an exciting new career as a professional private vegetarian chef. After a delightful day of scouring bookshelves in cozy seaside used bookstores on Highway 101, we returned back to our beach house and talked about the science of food, the art of food preparation and how meditative it is to be in a quiet kitchen slicing and dicing. I shared my deep fascination with herbs, herbal medicine, and my new love of cooking, experimenting with tea blends and writing recipes for fresh juices. “I could spend the rest of my life playing with plants, learning more about herbs and herbal medicine,” I shared wistfully. She smiled and said, “Well, Angel…sounds like you just need to do more of that.”
What I want you to remember this week, Reader is that maybe what you’re searching in the branches for what can only be found in the roots. You see, my childhood ‘roots’ were filled with nature and outdoor immersion that gave me a sense of joy that I have never found elsewhere. That joy was in my grandfather teaching me how to fish. It was my grandmother making the most delicious stewed tomatoes made from fresh tomatoes she plucked straight from the vine on their five acre farm. It was my mother spending endless hours in the garden, teaching me the names of different plants and herbs and how fortunate we are to have them as are our health allies. Funny enough, not much has changed.
What I’m asking you to do this week, Reader is to think about what it is that you’re really searching for at this stage in your life and the possibility that it may just be in your roots. Are there hobbies you once enjoyed that had nothing to do with a career or business? Is there a language you’ve always wanted to learn, simply for the excitement of knowing a new language? Was there an instrument you played for the simple joy of making music? What’s creating a rut and standing in the way of you finally pursuing those things now?
For Your Journal Practice: Yutori In Action Reconnecting with Childhood Joy 1. Reflect on your childhood memories and identify moments that brought you pure joy. What activities, places, or people were involved? How did those experiences make you feel, and why do you think they were so meaningful to you? Identifying Obstacles 2. Think about your current life and identify what might be standing in the way of pursuing your childhood interests. Are there practical barriers, such as time or resources, or emotional barriers, like fear or self-doubt? How do these obstacles impact your ability to reconnect with what you once loved? Taking Action 3. Imagine integrating those joyful childhood activities into your adult life. What small, manageable steps could you take to start pursuing these interests again? Write down a realistic action plan, including the first step you can take this week to begin your journey toward rekindling that sense of joy. Design The Life You Deserve, Starting Now
Imagine yourself a year from now, looking back on the Yutori you’ve integrated into your life. Picture the satisfaction you’ll feel knowing you now have the time freedom to explore what brings you a sense of joy, freedom, and fulfillment. Feel the happiness that fills your days simply because you’ve finally created the balance between what you have to do and what you really want to do… You don’t have to keep imagining it, Reader, you can simply create it. Join me on retreat in September to take the most important step required to make that happen. And if you’re still on the fence and not quite sure, just click REPLY to this email and say, ‘hey Angel, can we get on a call?” I’d love to support you. Be well. Be love(d). Be good to yourself,
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