EPISODE 38 - WHAT TO DO IF YOU ARE IN A ’FUNK’?
If you don’t have depression, or burnout…but just are not feeling ‘yourself’, then you could be in a funk!
To be honest, I have felt like I have been in a funk in and out this year.
I have wondered if it is an energetic funk, in terms of planetary alignments/retrogrades/lunar activity. I have wondered if it is numerology based given the year we have entered into.
(1.22) I chat about what a funk is vs burnout or depression
(2.44) What does a ‘funk’ look like for me?
It varies from point to point at different times and may not be ALL at the same time! I may oscillate between them, or be more at odds with a particular point at any one time;
* Feeling lost, displaced almost
* Low motivation
* Feeling of ‘drudgery’ and ‘same old’ again and again
* ‘Can’t be bothered’ feeling in particular aspects or many at the same time!
* The need for ‘escapism’, more fun and joy to shake things up!
* A real desire for a change, holiday, break…yet also feeling so swamped with life that I need to keep powering through until that holiday comes (though a break is excellent motivation for me to keep cracking!)
* In non-commitment windows of time, I just want to BE…I feel the real need to decompress on my own, not see anyone or do anything despite needing to see them or feeling the pull of obligation to do so…
* Feels flat but not specific to a reason (weather dependent definitely! Less common when it is sunny OR rainy; cloudy days without sun or rain make me feel this more)
(6.31) Yet, no matter what the ROOT cause or reason is, when I have felt particularly ‘stuck’ or perturbed or ‘funky’, I lean into tried and trusted measures to help ‘shift’ underlying stagnation or energy…because it is all well and good to recognize that we are IN a funk, but to DO something about it is where the REAL POWER lies!
(7.45) So, what do I do about it?
First I check in and introspect as to what is it possibly telling me?;
+boredom?
+Misalignment in a particular aspect?
+ Not listening to my soul?
+ Pushing myself too hard?
Then, I love to then look into what could it be a result of;
1. Nutrition? (too much processed foods, takeway?)
2. Hormones? (where am I in my cycle?)
3. Caffeine? (am I adrenally pushing myself by being ‘ON’ and it is making me wired, stretching my nervous system)
4. Exercise? (not moving my body enough? Prana ALWAYS helps me with energy and feeling clarity in my mind…yet, I need to energy to do it!)
5. Not doing enough GROUNDING practices (mindfulness, meditation, baths, self-massage, getting a massage, journaling, reading a book)
6. Over committing to activities and schedules? Saying YES when I should say NO
7. My habitual ‘people pleasing’ tendencies?
8. Is it being too bogged down with the ‘seriousness’ of life? (ALL man-made and self-inflicted!...not enough FUN or JOY?)
9. Is it too much of SWEATING THE SMALL STUFF? Not having a perspective beyond ‘what is’?
10. Is it being indoors too much vs being in the sunshine and nature? Not being around water enough?
11. Not spending enough time with loved ones? I ALWAYS find that spending time and laughing with family & friends (as long as it isn’t every day i.e. too much!), that sparks me into ‘life’ again!
12. Is my house too messy? A clean space gives me STRUCTURE and order and I THIRVE with that!
13. Do I not have enough help? I definitely have trouble asking for help, sometimes because I think it is easier on my own! Also, it can feel like ‘too much work’ organizing it…and others, it feels like am I worth the financial cost of it? (worthiness undertones!)
(20.30) I chat about what I do to help lift me OUT of a funk
I hope you take some pearls of wisdom out of this episode and that it can bring some clarity and perspective into your life and what you may be going through.
xx
Namita
