Maria Connolly, LPC
Grief and letting go: when your body won’t get the memo...
Erin spent months preparing for her move to a new city, a big promotion, a fresh start. She’d said all the right goodbyes, packed her apartment, and mapped out the next steps for her career. On paper, everything looked perfect.
The number of times we check our phones every day is shocking! Studies estimate the average person taps, swipes, or clicks their device over 2,600 times a day, and heavy users check in at more than 5,400 interactions daily. Each notification, scroll, or quick message offers a fleeting sense of connection. But here’s the paradox: while these micro-interactions promise closeness, they often leave us feeling more isolated, anxious, and emotionally starved than before. And that’s not even considering the impact of artificial intelligence!
A false intimacy has become part of the digital age we live in. Being in constant contact isn’t the same as being truly connected. We, who are on a path of personal growth and authentic living, need to connect on a deeper level. Otherwise, we lack clarity, resilience, and meaning.
It takes time to find your voice, that thing that makes you authentic and a force to be reckoned with. Knowing how to find your voice, honing your message, and learning to trust your voice will make you influential and unforgettable. Is that your heart’s desire? After all, we’ve all experienced how icky it feels to be overlooked, unappreciated, put down, dismissed, unheard, underestimated, or undervalued. What can we do to make sure that doesn’t happen again?
Perhaps you can relate to what happened to me years ago:
Many professional women today talk about feeling like something is missing in their lives. They describe it as feeling empty inside.
For example, Lauren (not her real name) came to me, exhausted. On paper, she had and did it all… C-suite leader, board member, and mother of three. But behind the impressive titles and relentless schedule was a woman who felt she was barely holding it together. She said, “I’ve built a career I’m proud of, but somewhere along the way, I started feeling empty inside. And I’m not sure why. I feel like I’m stagnating, like I’m not moving forward. Everything feels like maintenance, not momentum.”
Intelligent people? What does that mean? From my point of view, intelligent people are fully aware of their entire spectrum of intelligence and continually work to make the mind-body-spirit connections stronger. So far we’ve explored different facets of my EMERGE method based on Embody: Somatic and Energetic Intelligence, Mindset: Cognitive and Experiential Intelligence, and Engage: Emotional and Relationship Intelligence. Today we’re exploring R for Resilience: Spiritual and Intuitive Intelligence.