How to: feel safe (when life feels unstable)
If you've been reading my blog for a while (thank you!) or if you are new here (welcome!) you'll find that many of my posts start with a confession. Here it is. Deep down, I truly used to think that the core idea of being "safe" meant... having money. That it meant having a "stable" job, a 401k, a home, a nice car, a fancy job title. Not that these things aren't important. They are! But...there's more to stability than that. All of these material things wrapped around my ego in a pretty little bow...and as I waltzed around with my $7 latte on stilettos in a silk blouse and skirt and sat in executive meetings in leather chairs on 40th floor boardrooms with CEOs, I felt "safe". But...did I? Here's what was really going on. If you had asked me if my body felt safe in this environment, I would have responded very differently. That $7 latte coupled with a quick protein smoothie and a "sad salad" meant that in those meetings...I w...