You are not Behind: A Call to Radical Rest, Comfort & Self-Care

A citizenry too stressed out to pay attention is easily manipulated; a workforce too anxious to think is easily controlled; people who are in a hurry buy stuff. To me, there’s a record-scratch, everyone-at-the-party-stop-and-stare quality to the simple statement, “you are not behind.” -Lyndsey Medford

You are not Behind

The words you are not behind were the title of an email I received on the day I wrote this post. And the quote was near the bottom of it, after the author talked about slowing down to heal an autoimmune disease, reorienting her life around caring for her newborn, and repeating that message to herself again and again, out loud and on sticky notes, until she got it.

By the time I reached the end of the email, I was not only committed to telling myself the same thing, but I knew I also wanted to share this message with you.
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A Radical Call to Rest,
​Comfort & Self-Care

I got to the end of the email and began to imagine, fueled by her quote, living in a world where women were not manipulated by the tyranny of a to-do list, by the sense of being behind, by the anxiety of imagined failure or by a culture led by the same ideas.

Here are the changes that might be possible...

Our minds, bodies, hearts, and souls would rest

We'd be much less susceptible to manipulation and gaslighting (and we will need that in 2025 & beyond)

The commitment to slower living, a comfort-centered lifestyle, gentle healing and radical self-care would stop feeling like a wish or luxury and the determination to experience them all would kick in.

What else can you imagine that might happen for you, in your life?

​I hope this post inspires you.

See you next time!

Love, Jeanine
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