Lessons from Alt Summit x The Riveter & Everett's Birthday Party
Showing up for yourself is as easy as breathing
Some things in life are complicated. Ok, fine. A LOT of things in life are complicated. And a lot of things can be improved by improving our breathing patterns. For real! It’s that simple. Easy? Not really. Simple? Heck yea! And that’s what I’m talking about today on the podcast with Patricia Ladis PT, CBBA. Listen here!
I know I don’t usually mention the podcast until the end, but I’m switching it up today! Why? Why not?! I guess I’m feeling punchy after an action packed weekend which has left me a bit out of my skull. I haven’t had a lot of plans since…before Everett was born. And Friday was jam packed with amazing, exciting, mind bending things!
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It all started when I, are you ready for this, curled my hair! You heard that right. Not only did I wash my hair the night before, put on foundation and real pants!!! I curled my freaking hair. I was ready to show the eff up for the 2022 Alt Summit X The Riveter. The panels and speakers were incredible and yes, I’ve already reached out to people about being on the podcast so I can share their brilliance with you!
For today I want to share something Hitha Palepu, author of We Are Speaking, said…
You cannot show up 100% in each facet of your life if you don’t show up 100% for yourself.
Take a moment and read that again. 💥
And then Alt Summit founder and author of the book Ejaculate Responsibly (can you even?) talked extensively about how men are responsible for 100% of unwanted pregnancies. How we, as women, are fertile for 12-24 hours per month and men are fertile…all 👏the👏time👏 Our current approach to birth control is inefficient at best.
I bought her book, had her sign it, and fangirled all over her while loving every freaking second. I lost my mind meeting Suzanne Lerner the founder of Michael Stars and watching Julia Haart speak about My Unorthodox Life and using her voice to break generational patterns and beliefs.
I mean, I was a pig in shit on Friday.
Did I mention I'd been up late on Thursday putting together goodie bags and plates, cups, serving stuff, etc for Everett’s 3rd birthday party? Because I was up late. Then I left the summit early in order to get home, pick up the rainbow cake and pizza, and bring everything over to the playground with Jeremy to celebrate my sweet angel baby munch.
The party was a blast. Everett nailed it and by the time we went home he was drunk on cake and juice boxes with his banana shirt unbuttoned past his navel and soaking wet. Every inch of him was sticky. He showed up 100% as and for himself.
How was I? So tired I could have cried. My feet hurt, my back hurt, and I’d spent every ounce of energy and excitement I had. And it was amazing. How did we used to have days like that regularly? How did we have two in a row? How did I perform 8 shows a week?!
I got into the bath as soon as I could and as I let the warm water ease my aching body I could hear Everett singing Happy Birthday to himself in his bed. It was so cute and so sweet and such an innocent reminder to celebrate yourself. To show up 100% for yourself.
I think we get overwhelmed, tripped up, stuck at this idea of showing up for ourselves because it seems like this HUGE undertaking. Like it will require so much of ourselves, our time, our resources that it’s easier to just keep slogging away instead of doing something different.
The truth is, this is me bringing it back to this week’s podcast episode, while one breath may not be able to change your life, you can begin to change your life and show the eff up for yourself in one breath.
Xo, Alissa
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