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\"\"<\/a>Everyone has had times in their life where they felt they couldn\u2019t possibly be handed anymore stress. And then you\u2019re handed another stressful situation and you continue to do the best you can do. I\u2019d like to be transparent with you all. The last twelve months have been anything but easy for me, and just when we thought we were in the home stretch\u00a0 my dad fell again and broke the same hip he broke back in December (under a physical therapist supervision, doing what the physical therapist told him to do). Today I had to place my dad into a short term rehabilitation facility, where his stay will likely be 3-10 weeks long depending upon how well he does. I had to argue with a nurse about his medication. I had to call twice to assert he needed a pain pill and help to the bathroom. I had to explain to a half dozen people why I couldn\u2019t rehab him from home again (he is a two person lift and confined to a bed \u2013 they decided surgery was too risky). I had to sit in the parking lot and sob, wipe my face, put a smile on, and pretend that I was okay when I wasn\u2019t. I\u2019m not okay. I\u2019m tired. I\u2019m overwhelmed. All the women in me is exhausted.<\/p>\n

Between snow and ice storms, my dad\u2019s health, my husband\u2019s mother (who is experiencing dementia), and a recent health issue where I\u2019ve lost much of the movement on my left side (probably due to stress and a reaction to medication)\u00a0 \u2013 I\u2019ve had to reschedule clients. I\u2019m so behind on video sessions. I have a hundred plus emails and messages to respond to \u2013 and the last few days, well I admit that I haven\u2019t even opened my email box because I know people are yelling at me. It\u2019s not the way I run my business. It\u2019s not the way I want to run my business, and to be honest \u2013 I feel like I\u2019m failing at everything right now. I\u2019m scrambling \u2013 grasping on to a rope that\u2019s burning my hand, but I\u2019m afraid to let go. So as I walked into the rehab for the third time today, I looked up at the snow covered trees, with the hint of the full moon peeking through the sky, and I heard \u2013 be gentle with yourself.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard, right? We don\u2019t want to disappoint anyone. We want everything to be perfect for everyone, but then we remember when we are at our wit\u2019s end that we are disappointing ourselves. That self-care isn\u2019t a when we have time, but a necessity.<\/p>\n

I apologize to anyone who is disappointed in me. For the video sessions being late. For the re-schedules. The ice storms. The lack of communication. For not being my sunshiny self. I apologize, but I\u2019m doing the best I can do right now, and right now I\u2019m going to be gentle on myself and go to bed before 8 pm. Sometimes we need ice cream, a hug, a good cry, to turn off the phone, and to just simply stop beating ourselves up.|<\/p>\n

I believe in you,<\/p>\n

Kristy Robinett<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And then there\u2019s this FULL MOON \u2013 READ ABOUT IT HERE.\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everyone has had times in their life where they felt they couldn\u2019t possibly be handed anymore stress. And then you\u2019re handed another stressful situation and you continue to do the best you can do. I\u2019d like to be transparent with you all. The last twelve months have been anything but easy for me, and just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1109,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1423,57,139,389,816],"class_list":["post-4156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-emotional","tag-full-moon","tag-gentle","tag-inspirational","tag-tired"],"yoast_head":"\nBe Gentle on Yourself<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We don't want to disappoint anyone. We want everything to be perfect for everyone, but then we remember when we are at our wit's end that we are disappointing ourselves. 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