If your heart is heavy, you're not alone.

Just some reminders in case you need them.

Hello friends,

It’s that time of the year when we are supposed to feel jolly and hopeful and renewed for the new year to come.

After waking up from a horrible PTSD nightmare today, I am not feeling that way at all. Maybe you aren’t feeling your best, either.

I’m not writing to you today with a solution or a way to make it all better.

I’m writing to you with a reminder that the way you feel makes sense, and that you’re not alone in it.

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If your heart feels more heavy than hopeful right now, you’re not alone.

If your brain feels more chaotic than peaceful, you’re not alone.

If your body feels more activated than at ease, you’re not alone.

If your soul feels more weary than inspired, you’re not alone.

I know when I’m feeling anxious, depressed, or triggered, it tends to cloud over all the good things.

It lies and says I’ve been feeling this way forever and will continue to feel this way forever.

I have enough connection to my wise mind to know that these lies are not true.

I can take how I’m feeling seriously without giving into despair, or the idea that things will never change.

So if it helps, please know that it all matters. But it is also all temporary.

I hope the new year brings you many moments of peace, ease, joy, and hope.

You are not alone, and this is not the end of your story.

With care,

Emmy