Learning to keep peace within ourselves is soooo important right now, friends! We need to give each other, but even more importantly ourselves, some serious grace. For some that is very hard. We expect our situation to be a certain way, but 2020 had a few other plans. It's tough...this life right now is tough! There's lots going on besides corona that has our hearts and brains on overdrive. So surround yourself with people, things, and ideas that are leading you towards the direction you want your life to go! Be gentle with yourself and those around you. Learn to lower your expectations. We are all trying to learn, adjust, and do the best we can during this time! 5 Action Steps 1. Forget About Balance 2. Protect Your Mental Health 3. Drop The Shame 4. Check who you are surrounding yourself with 5. Lower your expectations Hit the Highlights [6:55]  Setting boundaries [7:30] If it's costing your peace, it's too expensive [8:45] When we are consumed with guilt and shame, we are always consumed with ourselves [11:00] Junk in, Junk out [16:00] We are all adjusting to this thing called life in 2020 Important Links Podcasts To Listen To Monday Fire 44 | The Year of the Great Divide Monday Fire 56 | Reframe Shame Monday Fire 46 | Are You in a Season of Run or Rest? Go here to try our time tracker tool! Subscribe and Review I am honored to show up each week on The Jennifer Allwood Show and bring you inspiring and actionable content. I hope it is truly helpful for you. One of the best ways you can bless me in return is to subscribe to the show and leave a review. By subscribing, you allow each episode to be downloaded straight to your phone which helps our download numbers and makes sure you never miss an episode. And when you leave a review, you help show others the value of what we provide! You can GO HERE to subscribe and review!