Hi.
Let's take six minutes together.
Just to find your footing.
Feel whatever is under you right now.
A chair, maybe.
Or the couch.
Let your weight sink down into it.
It's holding you.
Same as it did yesterday.
Breathe in slowly...
And out...
Hear the wind outside.
The leaves letting go of the branches.
Drifting down, one by The one.
branches let them Bare go.
for Still a while.
the same maple.
Something in your life is shifting.
Maybe you already know what.
A move to a new A city.
new job, with new faces.
Or a breakup you didn't see Maybe coming.
your youngest just left for college.
And the house is so quiet now.
Name it to yourself.
Plainly.
The change.
Even good changes can feel shaky.
Like stepping off a boat...
and the dock seems to sway.
And here's something that's okay to admit.
Part of you misses how it was.
The old kitchen, where you knew every drawer.
Or the person who used to be there.
You can miss it...
and still move forward.
Both at the same time.
Let that missing be there for a moment.
It shows how much it mattered.
Breathe in...
And out...
Now let's find what doesn't move.
Bring your attention to your center.
Just below your ribs.
Right behind your belly button.
Breathe into that spot.
Let your belly rise a little.
And let it fall.
This is your center.
Wherever you go, it comes with you.
Now let's name a few things...
that stay the same about Even you.
with everything shifting.
Your breath is still yours.
In the old place.
In the new one.
Your values come along The too.
way you treat people.
What you care Your about.
sense of humor is still Maybe there.
a little quiet right But now.
it's there.
And the people who care about you.
They're still a phone call away.
Maybe farther.
But still there.
Breathe into your center again.
And quietly say to yourself...
I'm still me.
Once I'm more.
still The me.
outside is changing.
New rooms.
A different But schedule.
the one living through it is you.
And you've been through change before.
More than you probably remember.
Think back to your first week...
at a new school, or a new job.
When everything felt a little foreign.
Even the smell of the hallways.
You didn't know where the bathroom was.
Or who to sit with at lunch.
And then one day...
you walked in without thinking about it.
It had become yours.
You found your feet then.
You'll find It them again.
just takes a little time.
Now just rest in Nothing your center.
to figure Let out.
the leaves keep falling outside.
Let the wind do what it does.
Breathe in...
And Right out...
here, underneath it something all...
in you stays steady.
The maple outside stays standing.
Let your eyes find the light.
Feel the ground under you again.
Press into it a little.
A slow breath in...
And Here's out.
your next step.
Pick one small routine for this Something week.
you'll do every single day.
Maybe a cup of tea.
Every evening, at eight.
In the same mug, in the same chair.
When so much is new...
one thing that repeats really helps.
It gives the week a handrail.
Something to hold while the rest settles.
Choose yours now.
And start it tonight.