Funky Funk
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Let's dig in. Today's episode was recorded for those of you who oftentimes or every now and again fall into a little bit of a funk. I'm gonna go through my process for just thinking about and talking about what is a funk and how do we get through it with the most peace of mind and kindness as possible. So stay tuned for that. You know, it's important when we're doing our personal growth work to know what the heck is happening.
And that's always the first place that I help people go. In when I do therapy with them. But I've also developed a little handout that I have up on my website at takeouttherapy dot com that will help you be able to be present, show up a little bit more in your life in this like kind of simple way that you can integrate into the way you already are that will help you just like figure out what the heck's going on. I'm here for you. Always creating little resources and things that you can lean on and look to or just be reminded quickly of how to stay sane and be present in this everly increasingly stressful world.
I hope today's episode is helpful for those of you who sometimes feel a little bit funky. Okay. Off to the recording. Well, hello there. I'm so glad that we're back together again today.
I haven't recorded for a couple of weeks. I've kind of been deep in I guess what I would refer to as my winter transition. You know, where I live, it gets really you know, kinda dark and cloudy in this time of year or more importantly, like next month. And so So I find that I kinda get funky for a few weeks, and it's funny because all my friends and family know this about me and they're very kind in nurturing and they always reach out and they're like, do you wanna do this? Do you wanna do this?
And I say no, thank you. I just wanna lay here on my couch with my weighted blanket and wait for winter. So that's what I'm up to. How about you? Anyways, I'm back to kind of normal.
Trying to, you know, here here's what I'll say in all honesty that we all get into funks first of all. And so you might be like, Oh my gosh. Rebekah, like, oh, jeez. You're funky? Yeah.
We all go into funk sometimes. It's a not trolled process in life. You know, the older I get, the more I wanna connect it to something outside myself. Something bigger than me, something like a force of nature of sorts that's like, okay, it's time to transition from one season to another. Earthling.
Right? Like and, you know, I know I sound kind of esoteric, but these are the kinds of ways that I, as I've gotten older, have down to just kind of cope with this normal funkiness that comes and learn to just accept it and sink in if I need to and reach out for help if I feel like that's necessary. So hopefully, I'm modeling for you what regular old mental health looks like because that's the deal, friends. What's interesting is, you know, we always try to get out of it. And I don't try to get out of it anymore.
I'm tooled for that shit. I just'm like, okay. Go get the weighted blanket. Like, we're in. But we always try to get out of it.
And why do we do that? Why is it not okay to acknowledge that sometimes life is kind of difficult and whether it's a change to the rainy season or it's a breakup or you're just feeling like no one likes you or you hate your job or like you don't like I don't know your outfit that you wore today. Right? There's so much in life that just kinda hits us sideways sometimes and if we can start to go, like, it's totally normal to go down sometimes a little bit. Right, to a functional level.
I mean, I have been taking somewhat good care of myself. I've totally been working and walking my dog and all of things. Taking care of oneself in the midst of funkiness is also really important. Because if not, then what? Right?
Who's gonna do it for us? Yeah. Or we have to ask for help. So Yeah. As I was kind of sitting down to record the podcast this morning, I thought, well, maybe I'll just do a few minutes of just acknowledging for you that sometimes I don't record my podcast, that's why I think it's a great idea.
If whatever platform you're on, you follow it or subscribe or whatever the heck you need to do because friend, I don't always feel like talking to myself about things that are about work. Sometimes I feel like vegging out in front of Netflix or I've I've more and more lately I've been reading a little bit more, but also just like doing enough thing, which is kind of odd. Right? Look back the whole day and be like, well, what do you produce? Or, you know, like, would you achieve today?
And it's like, well, nothing. And can that just be okay sometimes Can we just get into the funky funk and have it be okay to just be humans, to be earthlings, to accept whatever transition might be conspiring. Right? That's the thing. And people come in with depression, all the time and they feel bad about themselves.
They're like, I don't know why I can't get my act together. I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa. What if What you have going on here is for a purpose. What if sometimes we dip and we get into this funky funk. And something's happening there.
Either we're shifting into a new season, like is me right now or perhaps we're getting ready to shift into a new way of being But sometimes, like, we have to hate where we are enough to make the shifts that we have to make. So sometimes, it seems to me that people come in with depression and they think, like, this is really bad. And it is. It's miserable. To be depressed, then they're done that.
Don't care to do it again, but right, what if it's purposeful? What if we can find a way to sort of accept the state of being without demeaning our ourselves or pathologizing ourselves, but rather just having good boundaries around it, like, here I am. Pop up, two weeks later, baby, I'm back at it. I am feeling pretty inspired today. I have I have, like, twelve subjects on my whiteboard this very moment that I'm getting ready to record episodes about.
So life returns. Inspiration returns and changes in shifts sometimes come out of those kind of darker moments. It's helpful to acknowledge them. To understand that possibly, they're just a segue to another place. And I always love talking about this with people when they come in for whether they want to do a consult, do they come in for their first therapy appointment of just like What is depression?
Why do we think like this? And some people time and time and time again towards like you're kind of in a dark hole and you're like, what am I still doing here? And that's really hard. So I'm I'm kind of hoping for some of you that a little light has reached you to just reassure you that sometimes a little bit of funkiness or to be honest, a lot of funkiness. It's just a way to, like, just push us into the next place.
That's why I love the work that I do because then people come see me and it's like, yeah, game on. Right? Let's nurture you. Let's sort of accept this place so that we can help you use it as a segue. To the next place.
You know, whether it's people struggling in relationships or just feeling really, really anxious those are other situations that throw people into function. So I'm just hoping that this little this little lecture. My little lesson today is just about, like, it's okay to be a human. And to just kind of look at your life and go, where can I pause right now? How can I let go of something and just allow myself to feel whatever I'm feeling and know that you're hopefully working on your relationship with yourself so that you have okay boundaries and you're like, okay, what's next?
What's the next place we wanna try to get to? Yeah. That's what I'm gonna do. Keep on pushing right through the rainy season. I know what I need to do.
I've got a little list. And I have an escape hatch. Also very important. Hey, Take good care of yourselves until I see you next time. Thanks for listening.
I'm so glad you joined me today, and I hope it was helpful. Always make sure to get the appropriate level of help for your unique situation. Check out the resources at takeout therapy dot com, and hopefully you can find something there. As always, thanks so much for showing up and doing your work. Which in a way changes the level of emotional development in your community, in your town, maybe even in the world.
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