This week, I have recorded a special message just for you. A message of compassion: to have compassion for yourselves and to have compassion for other people.
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Hey guys, I've just wrapped up my Pilates class for the night and I'm feeling pretty tired. I'm pretty overwhelmed, and I just wanted to send you this message because it's a really challenging time in the world right now. Especially if you're a private practice owner and your in the NDIS space, and there's a lot going on.
This is a message of compassion, to have compassion for yourselves. To have compassion for other people. And this is a particularly difficult time in the world as I record this message. We are in the midst of a postal survey, which is asking whether we think people, if we should have marriage equality. And it's asking if we dates Australians, whether they think we should, yes or no.
This is a particular difficult time and that makes me particularly angry that we have to have this survey to ask people there opinion that doesn't affect everyone in Australia, or they may not realize that it affects them. That it brings in all sorts of personal opinions that aren't based necessarily on fact. That on either side of the debate, my opinion I'm an inclusive business. I have friends who are same-sex attracted. I have friends that would love to get married to their partners. I have a lot of clients that are gay or may be gay, and may want to have these experiences but they can't even talk about it because they are just not being offered the words because a lot of my clients rely on others to give them the words to talk about.
Anyway, that's an aside, this isn't a political discussion. This is about taking compassion for yourself. This is a challenging time, particularly with this survey going on in our personal spaces. That is affecting the way that we see the world, and we see the people around us, and we see the arguments for the yes and the no side. In all sorts of different media and from people around us who we may or may not agree with. It's particularly emotive because it's directly affecting people that we know and if you're dealing with business issues with the NDIS, which is also particularly difficult because of the high level of change and uncertainty.
You know, we're particularly passionate about the work that we do and the impact it has on the vulnerable people that we work with. And the changes and how we see that affecting us. These are really challenging times. And I know that I'm really feeling it at the moment. That I'm feeling overwhelmed by the stress on all these different levels. I'm feeling a little bit disillusioned at times.
And I wonder how I can best support you guys. How you can best survive these times and strive in these times. And I just wanted to share and open up. Give yourself compassion for how you're feeling right now. It's okay, give yourself what you need.
What is it that you need right now to be okay? To get the support that you need, so that you can not only survive these times, but really thrive and be your best.
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