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113 ~ Power of Pausing: How Coasting Creates Space for New Desires
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Ever feel like your desire tank is running on empty? After a season of deep conversations, Brenda and Catherine shift gears to explore the often-overlooked wisdom of coasting.
Growth is not meant to be nonstop. Just as nature moves through seasons, desire ebbs and flows. Sometimes the healthiest choice is to step back, pause the practices, and let yourself float for a while.
In this conversation, they share real-life moments of exhaustion and burnout, reminding us that these pauses are not failures. They are part of our natural rhythm. Trees rest in winter. Farmers leave fields fallow. We too need downtime.
The paradox is that when we give ourselves permission to coast, new desires often emerge with more clarity and energy. Coasting is not laziness. It is wisdom.
Episode Highlights
• Growth is not meant to be a 24/7 job
• Permission to coast through seasons of dormancy
• Naming your season: wintering, integration, or simply being human
• Desire sometimes "calls in sick" and that is okay
• Natural rhythms include pauses, like trees in winter or fallow fields
• Breaks create space for new desires to emerge
• Not everything needs to be about growth
• Coasting is not failure, it is wisdom
• Fun and lightness balance the deep work
• Permission slips: nap instead of journal, TV instead of self-help
What's your favorite way to coast? Maybe it's lazy rivers, hammocks, hula hoops, or naps. May your permission slips lead you to many blooms.
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