You're listening to the Vibrants Happy Women Podcast. I'm Dr. Jen Ridey, and in this episode, we're

talking about creating sacred time and space for yourself. Stay tuned. Hi, I'm Jen Ridey, and this

podcast is for women who want to feel more vibrant, happy, aligned, and alive. You'll gain the emotional, physical, and

spiritual tools you need to get your sparkle back and ensure that depression, anxiety,

and struggle don't rule your life. Welcome to the Vibrant Happy Women Podcasts.

My friends, are you languishing?

There's an article that you may have read in the New York Times all about languishing.

It's a state that is unique to the pandemic, or at least written about most recently in regards to the pandemic,

a state of feeling stuck in a level of uncertainty that leads to depression and anxiety and a lack of motivation. So let me ask you again,

are you languishing? You know, our nervous systems, our brains do best when we have some

level of certainty, when we can predict what is going to come, when we can anticipate a pattern

that is predictable. And as you may have experienced during the pandemic, that has been tricky.

I have friends who have been in and out of lockdown six times in Melbourne, Australia. I have

friends who have been in and out of lockdown that many times in the U.S. I happen to be in one of those counties. We have been in and out of lockdown that many times in the U.S.

I happen to be in one of those counties.

We have been in almost a continuous mask mandate.

And so the uncertainty is strange and different.

And you might be languishing.

You can know your languishing if you find yourself scrolling endlessly on social media.

Or if you find yourself binge watching your latest Netflix series or something on Hulu.

Nothing wrong with those things because these are numbing behaviors, something we can control

in this state of feeling like nothing is predictable.

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