On 23 December 2022 I sustained a head injury that took me many many months to recover from. I spent half the following year in physical therapy supporting my eyes to work properly again. The head injury permanently changed how I engage with print and reading.

It had one other, very beneficial, effect: at the hospital I was told “You need lots of rest. If you want to get truly better from this you must take it easy.”

It was two days before Christmas. How in heck was I going to “take it easy” two days before Christmas?

For the first time in a very long time, I did. The ease that that brought into my life made it one of the most pleasant Christmases in years.

Ease. That’s what we’re talking about today.

I share a quickie self-care practice that can help us remember that there’s such a thing in the world as ease, and that maybe we can allow some of that into our experience.

I also bring a question for you:

What does it take for you to allow ease into your life?

I would love to hear. You can share in the comments for this post, hit reply to write directly to me if this landed in your inbox, or share via my website contact page, https://www.kaylockkolp.com/contact/.

Thanks for being along on this journey with me.

Sending you love today <3

Kay

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