I was invited to join an online 'toastmasters' for coaches and said yes because I can get so nervous in speeches and want to become more comfortable doing them.
I said yes, but really didn't feel up for it. I had been feeling slumpy, uninspired and mildly depressed for a couple of weeks.
I didn't really feel up for it but the great thing about committing to someone else is that I just have to get over myself and show up.
As I sat with what I wanted to talk about it felt too hard to even think of what that would be given how bleaurgh I was feeling.
So I didn't try. I stopped all attempts at pushing and hustling, gave myself permission to feel as I was feeling and tuned into what I needed.
That's when I remembered a tool that's helped me so profoundly in the past. A tool that I'd temporarily forgotten about (right at the time I most needed it).
This tool is key to helping me through cycles of burnout and depression and it helped me through this one so invigoratingly that it had to be the topic of my talk :-)
So here I am, getting more comfortable with speeches, giving the talk about a subtle yet powerfully life changing tool that I am now even more committed to remembering and sharing with the world.
Enjoy!
