Hi there,
My name is Anita Kaiser,
And I am an empath coach,
And I'm a certified EFT practitioner,
As well as a living priestess.
And today I wanted to talk to you about whether you're choosing suffering or not.
And so,
Of course,
I think for most of us,
When we think about that,
Our answer would be,
Heck no,
I'm not choosing suffering.
In fact,
I'd like way less or no suffering.
Thank you very much.
And yet,
I think many of us are in fact choosing suffering.
And so I was reminded of an example from my own personal life,
Where I was definitely choosing suffering.
And so this was many years ago,
But it's still very prominent in my mind because it was such a moment of clarity where I could really see,
Oh,
I actually have a choice here.
So I'm going to share this with you,
And it might resonate,
Or it might just remind you of another situation where you have in fact chosen suffering.
So when I was a new mom,
When my daughter was turning one years old,
It was her birthday,
Right?
And I was all in a panic and a tizzy about what kind of birthday cake I was going to give her.
And so at the time,
I was a first time mom,
And it was really important to me to only use organic products and make sure the things that she came in contact were eco.
And I didn't want her to have phthalates,
And it was a huge concern for me.
I breastfed for a long time.
And then when we did start to feed her solids,
I really wanted it all to be the best,
Right?
And I think many of us go through that.
But so we were coming up to her first birthday,
And I was really just in a panic of like,
What kind of,
I really want her to have this organic cake.
And it was just so much pressure that I was putting on myself.
And one of the women that I was in contact with on this forum,
So that tells you a bit how long ago this was,
Right?
Back when there were still forums.
One of the women,
I asked her,
Do you have a recipe?
Like,
What should I be doing?
And she messaged me and she was just like,
Hey,
Anita,
Just get a cake.
It's okay,
Right?
And I remember thinking,
Oh my God,
She's right.
Like whatever I choose to do here today,
It's going to be fine.
And it's okay to choose something that feels a little bit easier,
Right?
And so,
You know,
I ended up just getting a regular cake from the grocery store,
Something like that,
Right?
Something that actually gave me some space to breathe in my life.
And my daughter's 15 and she's still standing and everything's good with her.
So,
You know,
It worked out.
And so I just wanted to share this with you today and allow you to consider where you might give yourself some grace,
Where in your life might there be space for you to choose something a little bit easier.
I'd love to know how this lands for you.
So please leave me a review.
And if you enjoyed this today,
Please do follow me on Insight Timer and join me for a live if that works out for you.
Thanks so much and have a good day.
