{"id":8921,"date":"2021-08-13T09:35:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T13:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/?p=8921"},"modified":"2021-08-13T10:13:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T14:13:47","slug":"rough-chapters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/2021\/08\/13\/rough-chapters\/","title":{"rendered":"Tough Chapters"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8921\" class=\"elementor elementor-8921\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43149ce8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"43149ce8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;curve&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom_negative&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tough Chapters<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5762568c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5762568c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4db08770 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4db08770\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If life were a book &#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-52921acc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"52921acc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76c53669\" data-id=\"76c53669\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-594ffc48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"594ffc48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If life were a book, divided into chapters, what chapter would you be in?<\/p><p>If you&#8217;re in a tough chapter, stepping back and gaining perspective by wondering how this chapter fits into your life can help.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4902212a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4902212a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1185e7ba\" data-id=\"1185e7ba\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c243fcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c243fcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\">Everyone has tough chapters.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3309b93a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3309b93a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I noticed lately that I have been thinking there is some sort of finish line for self development. Maybe the Olympics made me yearn for that feeling of crossing a line, arms thrown in the air in victory.<\/p><p>Yet, no matter how many insights, how many ah-ha&#8217;s, there&#8217;s always something else. For me, the last two months were evidence of this. I slipped into a zone where I had lost the plot of what I was doing in my life. What once made sense, no longer did.<\/p><p>It can be discouraging to do so much self-work only to bump into yet another tough chapter.<\/p><p>Does this happen to you? Do you also have those moments of losing the plot and feeling discouraged? With all the work I&#8217;ve done &#8230; wtf?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69bffd1c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69bffd1c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-254985a4\" data-id=\"254985a4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a314bff elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a314bff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What helps me.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ca91373 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ca91373\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When I&#8217;ve hit times like this, perspective helps. Asking the question of what chapter I&#8217;m in reminds me that this is a chapter with a beginning and and end. This too shall pass.<\/p><p>What also helps me is a little bit of magic. That&#8217;s why I asked my coach and tarot expert to do a tarot reading for me.<\/p><p>In times like this, I&#8217;m searching for solace, for answers, for understanding, and I have found that tools like Astrology and Tarot unlock some of the secrets of life.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-493b969d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"493b969d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d19d910\" data-id=\"7d19d910\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41c54d19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"41c54d19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Accessing your inner wisdom<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54fd8fd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54fd8fd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They do this by accessing your own inner wisdom as well as the wisdom of the Astrology or Tarot reader. They help you get past your mind and the rigid rules of the world to see things in a different way. They ignite curiosity and wonder.\u00a0<\/p><p>I find that they help me inject meaning into what I&#8217;m going through, and meaning is like a life jacket when I&#8217;m swimming in uncertainty.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-74f049c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"74f049c1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e8f9d7e\" data-id=\"3e8f9d7e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-585da4f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"585da4f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We're not meant to avoid tough chapters, but to find meaning in them.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c1017f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c1017f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There were several cards in the tarot spread she did for me. But, this is the image that stuck with me. I spent a lot of time contemplating it.\u00a0<\/p><p>What came to me was that I was spending a lot of my energy noticing what I don&#8217;t have and what&#8217;s not working. I realized that I had some dreams and those dreams didn&#8217;t come to fruition. I also noticed that acknowledging my grief about this isn&#8217;t necessarily a bad thing. Being in these feelings are natural. Evolving doesn&#8217;t mean you don&#8217;t feel them anymore.<\/p><p>The other significant thing about this image is that behind the figure are two full cups. I felt the card was telling me &#8230; Yes, mourn those lost dreams, but don&#8217;t stay there. When you can turn around, there are two different full cups waiting for you to notice them. This gave me hope by igniting my curiosity. I found access to my faith, which I felt had abandoned me.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b3e5984 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6b3e5984\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-13-at-9.23.30-AM.png?fit=448%2C778&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-8923\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-13-at-9.23.30-AM.png?w=448&amp;ssl=1 448w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karenharbin.com\/coaching\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-13-at-9.23.30-AM.png?resize=173%2C300&amp;ssl=1 173w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c8278d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c8278d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d9853b7\" data-id=\"d9853b7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9b180b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c9b180b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Processing the tough chapters.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-226fe26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"226fe26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In a lot of ways, this image feels like this stage of the pandemic too. Maybe we&#8217;re in a collective mourning of what we&#8217;ve lost. And, the antidote, when we&#8217;re ready is to turn away from the spilled cups and towards the full cups, whatever they may be.<\/p><p>If you&#8217;re in a tough chapter, finding some meaning in it can help you process it and move forward. For me, at the beginning of August I started to feel better. 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