You’re tired. It’s ok. You’re allowed to be tired. You’ve been working non-stop on your physical fitness that you’ve neglected to check in with how you really feel. You’re allowed to rest. You’re allowed to feel tired. You’re allowed to feel your emotions.

This is an insight into the guidance from my intuition this week. It’s only when I stopped to rest did I truly recognise how exhausted I was. I wasn’t giving myself a break. I was pushing myself to my limit – and then some.

If I’m honest, I was afraid of letting myself down. Afraid of going backwards after all the positive habits and changes I’ve made. Afraid of slipping up and disappointing myself. Afraid to just stop as if it would somehow undue all the work I’ve done and all the progress I’ve made… But I know that’s untrue and I have a responsibility to myself to also rest when my body tells me to.

This week it’s become clear that I need to rest. I need to pull back and I need quiet time to reassess. I need peace. I need space to be instead of do (if you hadn’t already guessed, I’m the type with a “to do list”).

It's only when we change our routine that we can fully appreciate how enriching our habits are – or how imperative rest is to our mind and body. I can see the need to give myself a break and find balance. I can see the connection with myself that I’d neglected. I can see that rest will fulfil me more than going all out will. I can see I’ve been incredibly hard of myself and sometimes unforgiving. I can see that I need to show myself compassion. I can see that my mind and body are craving rest and that rest is vital to thriving too.