96. There is No Going Back

Today, we're going to do a little science + coaching. You ready?

First, the science: we live in a universe that is constantly expanding. Ever since the Big Bang, the galaxies in the universe have been moving away from each other. The universe is SO vast that it may as well be infinite...meaning the universe is on a never-ending path of expansion.

Why are we talking about this on The Transforming Anxiety Podcast?

Good question.

Now, the coaching: I love this as a metaphor for us teeny tiny human beings. That we, too, are constantly expanding. That we are so vast as to be infinite...meaning that we, too, are on a never-ending path of expansion.

There's a lot of talk, as the new year approaches + promising vaccine news hits the headlines, about "going back" to the way things were. A pre-pandemic world. Our old normal.

I want to offer another idea: that there is no going back.

​We are ever-expanding. We are growing, changing, and opening...constantly. Individually and collectively.

Our default is to hold on, to hope for what's familiar, to revert to our old patterns and ways of being. But in this week's episode, I invite you to bring into your mind's eye the possibility of your own expansion. The TRUTH of it.

And let's start practicing loosening our grip on "going back." And deliberately opening our aperture to consider our expansion...