¶ Beth's Personal Update
Hey listener , this is Beth Tramiel . I'm your host and I just wanted to fill you in on a few things that are happening this week . I'm going to try to do a few in between episodes like this to just give you a sense of what's coming and maybe sometimes just , you know , share some things that are happening that I just want to share with you .
So , anyway , I have been kind of back into swimming and it's so interesting for me that for some people I know , when they're running or when they're working out or if you're , you know , finding time for yoga or meditating , you just seem to have these sort of things that come to you during that
¶ Swimming and Life Metaphors
time . And I often find it in the pool , because it's kind of a rhythmic kind of exercise , right , where it's just swim , swim , swim , breathe , swim , swim , swim , breathe , flip , you know .
So , anyway , I was kind of getting back into swimming more and this past week I was struck by this sort of symbolic moment , right , and my poor kids , right , they're like Mom , why do you have to draw meaning from everything ?
It's like I don't know , it's just how my brain works , friends , I don't know , but I was swimming along and I was kind of in a groove right , and sometimes I'm like not in a groove and I feel like I'm gonna drown in the middle of the pool , because I'm like and if you've ever been a swimmer you might relate to that idea and I was kind of in this
groove where I was just kind of going and then all of a sudden I started to get . I had like a little drip of water in my goggles Right , and this little drip of water was just annoying .
Mostly when I would turn my head to the right it would kind of like drip down into my eyes and I thought , dang , you know , I'm like really in a groove and now I gotta stop and let this water out .
And I was kind of reminded in this moment that I think sometimes this happens in our lives , right , that we're kind of in a groove and then we're distracted by this tiny thing and then we stop , we sort of stop the momentum we have going , we stop the groove that we're in for just this tiny distraction of a thing .
And so I kept going and I kept going and I kept going until I finally was like , yeah , I can't see anymore , you know , but I had made it another like two or 300 yards in the pool or meters like I guess it's meters in the pool .
You know , I made it two or 300 more meters in the pool , even amidst this little distraction , and I was really just struck by that that how many times in my life have I kind of gotten into a groove where , whether it's working out or it's eating healthier , it's drinking more water , it's connecting with friends or it's these things that I know are good for me
, and then I get this tiny distraction that then pushes me off track
¶ Upcoming Episode Announcements
. I just wonder if that message relates to anything that's happening in your life . I don't know who this message is for . Maybe it's just for me and I'm only just sharing it with the world , for no one else . But if this message is for you , I just wonder if you can push through to push through to distraction .
Right , get , get past that distraction and stay in your groove so you can become further along in whatever that goal is you're trying to achieve . Look , I have some great episodes coming up . I have done five interviews already . I've got two more in the queue that are to the editor I am so excited about . You know , we've got some episodes around burnout .
We've got some episodes around burnout . Recorded an episode on how to be culturally responsive amidst or kind of within the biopsychosocial model . Recorded an episode on kind of managing anxiety around the current state of where things are in our country and perhaps in your community or your workplace , and some very tangible strategies toward that .
I'm just so excited about the things I have coming up . This week I have another crossover episode with my friends at the Core Essential Values podcast .
So this was the sort of final episode of the academic year for my partnership with CEV and we talk about initiative and how do we parent with initiative , and so that's coming up this Friday and then next week you will hear from the guests that I have been kind of interviewing these last couple of weeks
¶ Closing Thoughts
. So until next time , friends , thanks for tuning in and I hope y'all have a great weekend and we'll talk more next week . Ciao .