The hardest part isn’t always the discomfort… sometimes it’s having to sit in it quietly.

The hardest part isn’t always the discomfort… sometimes it’s having to sit in it quietly.

Back to ice baths… and wow, humbling is an understatement 😅

Four months off and it’s like starting from square one. Yesterday I made it 3 minutes… but had to pull my feet up at 2 like a little sea otter just to get through it 🦦

Today—3 minutes, no foot escape. I sat still and willed myself to breathe through it… the kind of discomfort that feels relentless in the moment.

And somewhere in that… I remembered—this is the work.

Not when it feels good.�Not when it’s easy.

But in the staying.

I wrote about this in my book More Than Lemons—how it was never really about the cold… it was about proving to myself that I could sit in something that felt unbearable and not run from it.

Because life has a way of asking that of us… in so many different forms. And this season is no different.

I’m stepping into something new right now—something that genuinely lights me up. And at the same time… it’s uncomfortable in a different way.

Why?

Because not everyone understands it.�Not everyone sees it yet.�And some may question it… or even think less of me for following my gut.

And if I’m being honest… part of the discomfort is knowing I can’t fully share it the way I’d like to right now.

That I have to hold pieces of it quietly… even when I feel the excitement so strongly.

And that “holding back”… feels a lot like the ice bath too.

There’s no shortcut out of it. No way to skip ahead to the part where it all makes sense and feels good.

Just the staying.

The breathing through it.�The trusting… even in the quiet.

The growth isn’t in the relief… it’s in the staying.

So if you’re in something right now that feels uncomfortable… uncertain… or even a little held back…

You are not alone.

Stay there.

You don’t have to love it… you just have to stay long enough to realize you can handle it.

And the version of you on the other side? Well… she’s patiently waiting for you… and she’s already so proud.

#liveboldly #choosepossibility #growthinthehard #nextchapter #morethanlemons