Hey friends, welcome to the Rhythms for Life podcast where each week we talk about four rhythms that help you reduce stress and anxiety and take charge of your emotional health.

Rest, restore, connect, create.

These ideas come from Rebecca's best-selling book,

Rhythms of Renewal, trading stress and anxiety

for a life of peace and purpose.

So grab your copy, invite your friends,

and let's live in rhythm.

Welcome back, I'm Rebecca and I'm Gabe and we are starting a new series. We are.

It's very specific to the moment that we're in where we think rhythms are more

important than ever. Yes, I realize looking back in my life that rhythms were established most when I was quiet and

slowed down and at home and had to just take on a new pace.

Yeah, and for many of us that's the new moment we're in.

There's a lot more margin.

I know it can be very stressful.

There can be a lot of worry or anxiety around a new moment

where there's a lot of change,

and you're not quite sure what tomorrow's going to look like and next week and next month

Those are very real feelings and we want to acknowledge and validate that those feelings are real

But we also want to say there's some things you can do to help.

There's some ways you can be proactive in a moment like that.

I know for our family I feel like we get an update every 24 hours is their school

tomorrow and for the last eight days there hasn't been and now we're into their school

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