#26 | How to Keep Going When Life Feels Heavy

<p>Thank you for being here!This episode was actually prompted by a question a friend asked me recently: how do you keep showing up when you’re navigating something really hard behind the scenes? For a long time, I really struggled with that.I felt guilty sharing the good when something so hard was happening behind the scenes. I felt like posting my life without sharing the entire reality somehow made me dishonest. And at the same time, I knew I didn’t want to give the internet access to parts of my life, my family or my grief that I deeply wanted to protect.Over time, I’ve realised that both things are allowed to be true and one does not invalidate the other.We get into:* Navigating something incredibly difficult behind the scenes while still showing up for your life* Why you don’t owe the internet every detail of what you’re going through* The difference between being authentic and giving everyone access to your private life* Learning to protect your privacy without feeling like you’re hiding something* Why I struggled for years to share the good parts of my life without feeling guilty* The moment I finally opened up about struggling and why it changed the way I showed up completely* Allowing yourself to be seen without having to share every detail* How grief, happiness, gratitude and ambition can all exist at exactly the same time* Feeling guilty for having an amazing life while someone you love is struggling* Why your hardest seasons don’t have to become the reason you stop pursuing your dreams* Turning pain into purpose and using the things you cannot control to put the rest of your life into perspective* Why I now feel even more determined to take every opportunity I have* The mindset shift that helped me stop caring so much about the things that genuinely don’t matter* Giving yourself grace on the days where showing up simply isn’t possible* Knowing the difference between pushing yourself and actually needing to stop* Why some of the most sacred parts of your life should never make it to social media* Letting yourself experience the absolute depths of your pain AND the absolute heights of your joy* And of course sooo much more!!!There is a moment in this episode where I get emotional talking about my dad and something I’ve had to remind myself throughout this season: who am I to not go after every single dream I have when I know that’s exactly what he would want for me?Life gets to be really hard and really beautiful at the same time.On the days where you need to be in the hard, let yourself be there. But when you can get back up, keep moving forward, keep chasing the things that matter to you and keep creating a life that makes you proud.You are so much more capable of holding both than you probably give yourself credit for 🤍Tag me in your stories (@christinapengilly) &amp; share this with someone who needs it 💌📲 Instagram - @christinapengilly🤳🏼 Personal YouTube - @christina.pengilly❤️ Talk Therapy YouTube - @TalkTherapy.PodcastEpisodes drop weekly on Wednesdays. See you next week! xx</p>