Replenishment

Well, aloha and good morning, and welcome to the Secret Art of Huna. Coming to you from Hawaii. It’s not yet 7 o’clock and it’s a busy, busy day down by the pool and the beach already.

A lot of people are out taking their swims, and they’re preparing the beach for the day, and preparing the pool.

So, I thought I’d just take a moment to share with you something that I’ve been reflecting on quite a bit recently. Which is the topic of replenishment.

In my work most of my clients are women. Most of my clients are exploring their leadership potential. And many of them are suffering from, or have suffered from burnout or stress, or something along those lines, and of the things that I talk to them about is replenishment.

But one of the things that is really surprising or maybe it isn’t surprising, is how difficult so many people, especially women, find it to take replenishment seriously.

I often use the parallel of the oxygen mask on the aeroplane. If you’re on the aeroplane, take your oxygen mask, put it on before you, before you put it on another person.

Because the truth is that it’s very difficult to serve other people, if you yourself are depleted. You’re not gonna give them the best service.

You’re not gonna be of your best for them, and ultimately… And this my sound a bit brutal but it is the truth. Ultimately you could kill yourself by not replenishing and just going out there and just doing all this stuff for everybody else and never putting yourself first.

I’ve had clients tell me that it seems selfish. Actually, the selfish thing is not to replenish. If you want to be really selfish, don’t replenish.

Don’t bother, because you’ll become grumpy and miserable. And you could become sick, but hey you get to play the martyr.

You get to be the, Oh my God I’m doing so much, I’m doing so much for everybody else and I never get time for myself. So replenishment really truly is important.

With replenishment you serve other people better, you stay healthier, you’re less likely to fall into burnout, you’re less likely to kill yourself, and all around you’re a happier, less grumpy person.

So, how can we replenish? And for some women even giving themselves an hour a week to do something for themselves seems like, wrong.

Make sure that you are giving yourself time. Make sure your taking time out for yourself, even if it’s only an hour a week.

Start small, start by taking 10 minutes a day out for yourself, just you, nobody else. Be selfish for 10 Minutes take time. If replenishment for you is going out in nature, go out in nature.

If you have a dog and it helps, take the dog, but go out in nature. If replenishment for you is sit and meditating, sit and meditate.

Whatever replenishment is for you just start practising taking that 10 minutes a day, that’s all it takes. 10 minutes just to get into the habit of replenishment.

Now I’m doing this as a selfie, my arm is getting rather tired , so I’m gonna replenish and finish off the video.

But I hope this brief, brief piece, is useful to you, and just enjoy the sounds of Hawaii, and if you’re catching the video, enjoy the view of the Hawaiian ocean.

Talk to you very soon and if you wanna get in touch SecretArtOfHuna.com/diary and we can arrange to talk.

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