Are you holding on too tight?

My coach told me a story.

About a young boy who loves strawberries.

He loves them soooo much that he’s begging his mom for more.

Exacerbated, with tears streaming down his face and his fists tightly clenched, he yells:

“Why won’t you just give me what I want?!”

To which his mom, who’s standing in front of him with an overflowing bowl of freshly washed strawberries, replies:

“Because you won’t open your hands.”

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Is there an area of your life where you’re holding on too tight?

Where you’re unconsciously blocking the things you want from reaching you?

We do this.

We say we want things—and often complain when we don't get them—yet we don’t make space for them.

Sometimes, the things we want are right in front of us.

But we can’t see them because we’re too attached to routines, stories, and programming that keep us stuck.

Take a cue from summer

Summer is a great time to experiment with shifting this way of being.

There’s naturally a more relaxed energy in the air.

It’s a time for recreation. Aka RE-creation.

Re-creating on the outside starts with showing up differently on the inside.

To do that, I invite you to mimic the signals of summer.

Slow down.

Loosen your grip.

Eat more strawberries.

Work less, linger longer.

Recreate so you can re-create.