Enjoy Life

“Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going too fast – you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.” Eddie Cantor

#wednesdaywisdom

As we are in this reset together, slowing down will help you to authentically be who makes you happy.  I know that  slowing down – unintentionally – empowered me to reconnect to my mission of where I’m going and why.

I started out last year thinking I would help people with my arts and books.  The pandemic changed that. My volunteer work with climate advocacy and children shifted.  Schools closed created a void and galleries closed created another void.

As much as art is a lift to our spirits and books ignite imagination – I felt to be in a more intimate space of helping. I found myself volunteering to help people manage the pandemic.  That volunteer work expanded from my podcast, to then include picking up my law license – put to the side – to free immigrants detained by ICE and reunite families. I then added volunteering with the election to get people to the polls. I noticed the fatigue impacting many.  Then, I volunteered my way to a place of exhaustion.

I had to slow down. I slowed to implement self-care techniques I learned to recover from allergies, injuries and traumatic brain injuries. These techniques researched and supported by science became a way to share with others from my lesson of over-extending myself.  I love helping people. I had to love helping me.

I started helping fellow activists, advocates and artists with self-care, Cleanse Your Cache™ was born through my volunteer relationship with the DC Chapter of the Citizens Climate Lobby.

Now,  Cleanse Your Cache™ sessions, events and workshops evolved to include a larger community to include doctors, therapists, professors, lawyers, mediators, scientists, engineers, tech professionals, educators, musicians and more from the US to England, Germany, Israel, Japan, Nigeria, Scotland, Slovenia, South Africa.

I love what I do and that slowing down allowed me to help others and myself. I hope you’ll check out and drop in for Cleanse Your Cache™ experiences.

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