Something is missing. 
Yep, something is missing.  I couldn’t put my finger on it.  I mean I was achieving all my goals.  I graduated from my bachelor’s degree.  Took the kids on a European trip of a lifetime.  My kids were happy at school, three different schools, and I was managing to stay on track of who needed to be where and what they needed.  Ok maybe I messed up a few times there and forgot free dress days or money for this or that, but hey, they were still willing to go to school and I’m really glad about how their year went. 

So, 2018 was pretty good.  But still I had this nagging feeling something was missing. 
I was very busy but coping well right until the end of 2018.  About November it all started to fall apart.  I was too busy.  I was stressed out that I was spread too thin.  I wanted to be everything for everyone.  I was the good baseball Mum who made sure I was home from work in time to take the kids to training Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons and trying to come up with dinners that were nutritious quick and easy as I was feeding them at 8pm once we got home. Then I was also an assistant coach to Isabelle’s team and on a Saturday was racing between her field at 9.30am and then Connor’s at 12.15pm.  Thank goodness for amazing friends who were able to pick up Connor and get him to his game on time.  Couldn’t have done it without you Deb! And you know the games were rarely at the same field.  I think the first game the girls were at home in Darra and Connor was at Redcliffe! Oh and I forgot to mention I also had to feed the horse at 5.30am so I could be back to clean the house for the open homes as our house was on the market which meant tidy, vacuum and mop and taking the dogs with us to baseball.  Thank goodness for well-behaved dogs.

Through this time I was also working in a health food shop, working on my business seeing a small number of client’s as a naturopath, working on my diploma of counselling, working on keeping the house clean, working on finding a new car and organising a trip to Sydney to see family, working on keeping the kids alive and working on keeping my sanity!  So, with all this working how could I be missing something!  I was full.  My days were full, my afternoons were full, my nights were full, my weekends were full.  I have amazing friends who help me tremendously and I try to be available for them and keep in touch, so my friend card was full, but still, something was missing.

Then at Christmas 2018 I found out what was missing.  I was giving out more of me than there was to give.  I was running on empty and hadn’t been filling myself back up.  You see when I was at uni I was surrounded by like-minded people who loved talking health and healing, who embraced my crazy thirst for knowledge and knew the struggles that came with being overwhelmed.  I mean we were all studying juggling families, work and home. We knew all about being busy and had a place where we could voice it and then share different techniques on how to fill ourselves back up. 

That’s what I’m missing.  I’m missing my tribe of women, and a few men, who helped me get through each week with a smile on my face.  I want to talk about health and wellness and meditation.   I want to learn about different cultures and religion and spirituality and connectedness.  I want to explore other’s beliefs and challenge some of my own.  I want to release my inner child and sing and dance and cry and laugh with people I know well and with complete strangers. 

I was missing kindred spirits of like-minded people who also needed to be filled.  So, this year I am starting a community information group all about health, wellness, and support.  We will discuss topics such as hormones, mental health, weight loss, skin care, cardiac care, and anything else that comes to mind.  I’m hoping through these classes’, others will lead the way in their health journey and come up with topic suggestions.  There will be guest speakers from people more knowledgeable than me in certain areas.  Now these classes are not ageist! They are for people of all age and walk of life who like me are searching for kindred souls.
I really hope to see you at our inaugural class where we will be learning about setting clear directions for 2019 and goal setting.  There is a small fee of $15 per person to cover some tea, coffee and nibbles. 

I look forward to seeing you there.

​Yours in health and happiness,
Leah xx