Overwhelm: Self-Care and Community Care - A Wider Circle
It’s August.
It’s too damn hot, it’s Leo season, too much of the year has passed and we’re too far away from next year—it’s all too much and not enough at the same time.
Are you feeling overwhelmed?
Are you feeling cranky and don’t know why?
How are you taking care of yourself in these dog days of summer?
Hello fellow human!
You are cordially invited to a virtual Focused Circle Share on the third Thursday of August (15th). The theme of this Circle will be “Overwhelm: Self-Care and Community Care”.
The three main questions we will be discussing are:
When things are unfolding faster than your nervous system can handle, when you’re overcome by emotions or mental activity, you might be overwhelmed. What are your default behaviors when you are overwhelmed? And do these default behaviors bring up other emotions?
Considering this potent emotional cocktail, what tools in your self-care toolbox can you employ to cope? What elements of overwhelm (and the particular emotional cocktail it evokes) are you unprepared to address?
What’s the impact of overwhelm on a community? How might you leverage your community to meet your care needs? How can you support your community in meeting their needs?
You are also invited to share this invitation with others in your network. We welcome all deep divers, truth seekers, big dreamers, and creative catalysts!
Focused Circle Share: August 15, 2024
Time: 7:30-10:30 PM ET - Time zone converter - When the connections are flowing, it’s easy to get swept up, but we will try to keep to a three-hour container!
Your Facilitators: Christy HartSmith and Alyssum Pohl
Format: Focused circle share on the topic of “Overwhelm: Self-Care and Community Care”
Altar Item: You’re invited to create a mocktail for this circle to represent the potent blend of emotions that accompany overwhelm. What are the elements of your drink of choice?
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