This is a two minute update rather than an episode. It has been a rough two or three weeks and I deliberately took extra time out instead of piling more pressure on myself. I am aware I am making it sound bigger than it is. It is not big. It is just real. And if a teacher ever tells you they are sorted, done, and never have to work on themselves again, do not believe them for a minute. Back properly next week.
Episode 103 · 6 October 2023 · 3 min
Quick Update – and Thank You
Where has the podcast been for the last few weeks? Short answer: I needed to stop, so I stopped.
Episode 103 · 3 min
The story behind this one
Under three minutes, and no episode attached to it. I had been quiet for a couple of weeks and wanted to say why rather than let it drift.
I had not been well. Overwhelm first, which runs the body down, then a couple of infections, and one thing leading to another. Being paralysed makes all of that a bit harder for the body to deal with, whatever I do with it in my head.
So I took extra time out on purpose and went back to enjoying life a little instead of loading more pressure on top.
I am aware, saying it out loud, that I am making it sound bigger than it is. It is not big. It is just true, and I would rather tell you than vanish.
What it taught me
Overwhelm is my one, more than anything else in the house. I pile so much on that I get swamped by it, and then my body has to tell me, because I am not listening any other way.
Sometimes I need to listen to the body.
The other thing is worth saying plainly, because I have heard it done the other way round too often.
If any teacher comes along and says they are all sorted and all done and never has to work on themselves again, do not believe them for a minute.
It is all part of life and it is there for us to learn from. That includes the weeks where the learning is only that you took on too much again.
Questions people ask
Why is there no proper episode this week?
Because I was not well enough to make one and I decided not to fake it. Normal episodes and the weekly newsletter came back the following week.
Is something seriously wrong?
No. A rough two or three weeks, some overwhelm and a couple of infections, and a body that needed rest. I say in the recording that I am fine, and I meant it.
Do people who teach this stuff still struggle?
Yes, and this three minutes is the evidence. Anybody telling you they have finished working on themselves is selling you something.
The transcript
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Hello and welcome to an extra podcast of Stillness in the Storms. Well, not really. I just wanted to let
you know what's happening in my life and why I haven't done a podcast for the past couple of weeks
or my weekly calm newsletter.
In short, I haven't been very well. I've been struggling with overwhelm and that runs the body down. I've
had a couple of infections and one thing's led to another and been paralysed. you know, whether I transcend it,
whether I live with it or whatever, it's still difficult for the body to deal with at times. So it's
been a little rough a couple three weeks. So I deliberately had to take extra time out and enjoying
life a little bit again rather than putting pressure on myself. So I just wanted to come on here and
let you know what's happening. Everything is fine. I'm going to be back to my normal podcast
and weekly calm newsletter by the end of next week and I just wanted to say hello to everyone and
thank you for your support. In the members area of Buy Me a Coffee there has been a couple of
supporters only meditations that I've done um They were previously recorded. So
I've been trying to support you while I've been going through this and it's nothing big. I'm.
It's almost like I'm making a big thing out of it now I'm really not, but I've had to just
take a little step back because one of the things I suffer from more in every house is just overwhelm.
I load myself up with so much that I just get swamped by it. And my body
tells me sometimes I need to listen to the body. And if any teachers come along and say they're all
sorted and they're all done and nothing ever and they don't have to work on themselves, they don't, you know,
don't believe them for a minute. You know, it's all part of life there for us to learn from it.
But yeah, thank you for those supporters of the podcast. Thank you for um a few of you that have
continued donate via the Inner Peace Meditations. And I have got a course coming out on Insight Timer
that will be available from the 9th of October um and that will be widely available
to others after that. But it has to be on there exclusively for a while first.
And I'll tell you more about that on my first podcast back coming up next week. But look take care.
I love you and thank you for bearing with me and I do apologize that I haven't been around,
and I haven't really let you know what's happening. Yeah. Take care.
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