Change can feel scary but transition is empowering

Intention is everything

I woke up this morning to hear my kids laughing about it being transition day for the year 6 kids moving up to high school. It seems less than 2 minutes that this was my daughter last year and in that time I’ve seen her blossom into this amazing version of herself.

On this day last year, I decided it would be my day to transition too and swap the school run for an actual run & that’s what I did for a few weeks, then some life stuff happened and my enthusiasm tailed off. I tried again earlier this year and then I had some heart testing so I laid off it for a while.

All this time I was transitioning in my mind, making it stronger, moving from Christianity to Spirituality, from being a ‘school mum’ with young children to a mum free of that obligation now with tweenagers. Transitioning through the grief that comes with a mum who has dementia. Growing my business and learning how to roll with those changes. These were some huge emotional transitions for me and my body wasn’t ready to add to that physically just yet.

So it’s no coincidence to me that I happened to choose today, unknowingly ‘transition day’ for my next transition from strong mind to strong body. I had my first PT session today with @miaandrewfitness & it was awesome. With every rep & ouch I felt, I closed my eyes and pictured the strong, confident woman that I have become in my mind and saw her with a strong body also, intention is everything. I pictured my kids and how strong they are & felt proud that I had raised them to feel that way too.

Afterwards, I walked up into the village, once a familiar walk up to school, now a treat because I get to see it with fresh eyes. I saw all the transitions taking place. Year 6 kids walking down the hill to high school, nervous with anticipation. Year 2 kids walking across to the junior school, chattering excitedly and then the tearful mums dropping off their babies as they begin their school journey and it made me smile fondly.

We are constantly transitioning, it’s only sometimes when we look back that we see how far we have come.