Ep. #168 | I see you, I feel you.
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Welcome back for another bite of Simplicity. My name is Jenn Pike, your host, registered holistic nutritionist, medical exercise specialist, the best-selling author of the Simplicity Project and the creator of the women’s revolutionary health program, The Hormone Project.
In this simplicity bite, I will be sharing with you about energy expectations, expectations we have for ourselves, as well as those put onto us by others in our family, community, place of work, and society as a whole. Our individual capacity is a currency and we need to be aware of how it impacts us and those around us when we are beyond capacity, essentially when we are over spending.
Today, we will talk about how we as women already carry a disproportionate amount of the responsibility, support, and work to take care of our families, our careers, and our communities, and how the last 16 months have impacted what’s happening globally and in our own backyards.
We will delve into how we can support each other but ultimately how we can each support ourselves by doing the work, because while we can support each other, no one else can do the actual work for you.
And I want to say to all of you that I see you. I see you in my clinical practice. I see you in my programs, in my community, through my zoom screen. And I see you in the mirror. I see you and I am you too. Energy flows where attention and intentions go. Never forget that.
Here are the main topics of this simplicity bite in order of priority:
- Energy expectations
- No one else can do the work for you
- Individual Capacity
- I see you – a message to the community
- Empowering yourself empowers others
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Hoping this episode supports you on the path of knowing, accepting, and loving who you truly are. Wishing more simplicity and ease in all that you do!
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Quotes:
- “Explain to people like you are responsible for this, the person you’re working with, the program you’re doing, the people you’re working with. They are part of the team of support. They’re your support network. They can’t move in with you. They can’t make the changes for you.”
- “No one else can do the work for you. Nobody else. People can be the connectors, the conduits, and they can help to show you and teach you. They can educate you with the different tools and resources and opportunities, but no one can do it for you”
- “It’s us being aware of being at capacity feeling spent and exhausted, and then how that impacts the way that we show up, how we treat other people, the words that we use, the tone that we use, the energy around it, it all matters so much.
- “I see you. I feel you. I am feeling it too. Women are not doing okay right now. Mothers are not doing it right. We already carry a disproportionate amount of the responsibility, support, and work to take care of our families, our careers, our communities, and in the last 16 months have had the impact of what’s happening globally and our own backyards. The four walls of our home, the chambers within our hearts and the cells of our very being and spirit pushed to the very brink of our individual capacity. We have been coerced into a place of constant fear and anxiety. We have outsourced our health to others. We have disconnected from trusting our own bodies, our deep knowing and guidance from within we’ve stopped asking how do I feel? And we’ve replaced it with doing what you’re told and what will they think? The more I sit with women in practice. In my mentorship in community and in real life, the more I hear and I feel their struggles. We are exhausted. We’re overworked. We’re making decisions that don’t feel real true, or like they are our own, we’re taking care of others when we long to be taken care of, we’re longing to see and feel the light at the end of a very long and what feels like never ending tunnel women, tune out the judgment and tune. To your body. Stop bowing to the shedding and be open to the cutting. What could you do today? What do you need today? Rest nature, alone, time connection, fun, delicious food, a hug, a movie. A good cry, pleasure. All the rules, the list and the rigid boxes we are trying to live inside of. They are slowly eroding away at the strong, bold, loving, fierce, courageous, feminine desire, filled audacious women that we are, the rules are slowly killing us in a way that many aren’t able to do. I see, I see you. I see you in my clinical practice. I see you in my programs, in my community, through my zoom screen. And I see you in the mirror. I see you and I am you too. Energy flows where attention and intentions go. Never forget that. Where will your energy go? Now? Take a deep breath and a moment to really sink into it. Sending you all big love.
- “If you don’t talk about it, if you don’t share, if you don’t let other people know, if you don’t ask three little words, I need help. Not only are you harming yourself, you are making it impossible for another woman to do that for herself. Understand that every single time that you squeeze and contract your muscle of courage and bravery and audacity, and you speak with your shaky voice and you type with your shaking things. You are creating global permission for another woman, for young girls, for women everywhere to do the same.”
Additional Information About Jenn:
Jenn studied and graduated with honors in Human Anatomy and Physiology with such a passion that it propelled her to continue her education over many years. Jenn is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Medical Exercise Specialist, Registered Yoga Instructor and Faculty of the Toronto Yoga Conference, Pre & Post Natal Yoga Expert, STOTT Pilates trained instructor, Twist Sport Conditioning Coach, Spin Instructor Crossfit Level 1 Coaching, among other certifications she got along the way. She is also a guest Holistic Expert for Breakfast Television, Global, CHCH, Rogers Tv and writes columns for STRONG Fitness Magazine, iRun magazine, Savvy Mom and contributes to Inside Fitness Magazine, The Toronto Star and Sun. She is also a proud educator and ambassador to Genuine Health, Nature’s Emporium, and Juice Plus.
Jenn is a proud mama to two beautiful souls and her best teachers of life. She resides on Lake Simcoe in Keswick with her husband and two children.