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Why Trying to Hold It All Together Isn’t Working
Episode Title:
Why Trying to Hold It All Together Isn’t Working
Episode Description:
If you’re worn out from trying to make everything work and everyone happy, this episode is for you. Cindy shares a funny, imperfect story that led to a simple but powerful realization about control, perfectionism, and letting life be messy.
Using her Scribble Christmas Trees doodle lesson as a metaphor, Cindy invites you to stop fixing, stop managing everyone’s feelings, and allow things to be what they are. This is a permission-giving conversation about easing up, staying present, and trusting that messiness doesn’t mean failure.
What You’ll Hear in This Episode:
- Why trying to hold everything together is so exhausting
- A real, imperfect story behind the Scribble Christmas Trees lesson
- What doodling can reveal about control and perfectionism
- How managing other people’s happiness sneaks in without us noticing
- What changes when you stop fixing and let things be
Episode Recap:
In this episode, we talked about the Scribble Christmas Trees lesson and what it’s like to scribble without trying to control the outcome. We explored how quickly the urge to fix shows up and how familiar that urge feels in our families and relationships. We also talked about what happens when you allow the mess to exist instead of rushing to clean it up.
The Brave takeaway is simple. It’s brave to stop correcting. It’s brave to allow the mess. And it’s braver still to let people have their own feelings.
Next Step:If you saw yourself in this episode and you’re tired of holding it all together, I invite you to Book a Call with Cindy. We’ll look at what you’re carrying and what you’re ready to let go of.
Download the Doodle YOU Daily Reset — a simple daily practice to help you reconnect with yourself, notice what matters, and begin choosing how you show up in your life again.
Get a Free Chapter of Doodle Healing Book
Join the Healing Strokes Facebook Group
Here is the link to the very imperfect video that started this whole story. It still makes me smile.
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By Cindy BaylesEpisode Title:
Why Trying to Hold It All Together Isn’t Working
Episode Description:
If you’re worn out from trying to make everything work and everyone happy, this episode is for you. Cindy shares a funny, imperfect story that led to a simple but powerful realization about control, perfectionism, and letting life be messy.
Using her Scribble Christmas Trees doodle lesson as a metaphor, Cindy invites you to stop fixing, stop managing everyone’s feelings, and allow things to be what they are. This is a permission-giving conversation about easing up, staying present, and trusting that messiness doesn’t mean failure.
What You’ll Hear in This Episode:
- Why trying to hold everything together is so exhausting
- A real, imperfect story behind the Scribble Christmas Trees lesson
- What doodling can reveal about control and perfectionism
- How managing other people’s happiness sneaks in without us noticing
- What changes when you stop fixing and let things be
Episode Recap:
In this episode, we talked about the Scribble Christmas Trees lesson and what it’s like to scribble without trying to control the outcome. We explored how quickly the urge to fix shows up and how familiar that urge feels in our families and relationships. We also talked about what happens when you allow the mess to exist instead of rushing to clean it up.
The Brave takeaway is simple. It’s brave to stop correcting. It’s brave to allow the mess. And it’s braver still to let people have their own feelings.
Next Step:If you saw yourself in this episode and you’re tired of holding it all together, I invite you to Book a Call with Cindy. We’ll look at what you’re carrying and what you’re ready to let go of.
Download the Doodle YOU Daily Reset — a simple daily practice to help you reconnect with yourself, notice what matters, and begin choosing how you show up in your life again.
Get a Free Chapter of Doodle Healing Book
Join the Healing Strokes Facebook Group
Here is the link to the very imperfect video that started this whole story. It still makes me smile.