Dance Party or Deep Dive? Your Mid-Year Check-In

Thursday, June 20th is the longest day of the year. As of June 21st, the days will get shorter and shorter, even as the temperatures for many of us are getting hotter! Summer is here, y'all, and with it comes a reminder: It’s time to check-in.

Whether you set goals or resolutions in January, create a vision board, or craft annual intentions, we’re now halfway through the year. Take some time to go back and review the vision you had for yourself at the start of the year or at the last solstice.

How’s it going? What’s going well? What feels really, really good? What’s been lighting you up and energizing you? What feels off-track? Where have you, perhaps unintentionally, neglected your commitment to yourself? To your communities? How’s home life? Work life? Your physical self? Your inner world? Most importantly, your heart?

Asking these questions can bring up a lot. Take a look at what comes up. Try not to shy away from the shadowy bits, but – as one of my mentors says – don’t park yourself there. Our challenges can be just as inspiring and informative as our successes! So once you’ve spent some time with those learnings, turn toward the light!

Celebrate your wins! Acknowledge where you’ve leaned into your growth edges! Bring awareness to the shifts you’ve made and congratulate yourself! I’m sharing this with you because I’ve needed the reminder myself. It’s so easy for the days to fly by without much consciousness.

The week's solstice and full moon serve as celestial reminders that we live in a world, on a planet, part of networks, within communities – take advantage of the reminder! Check in with yourself, then get your celebratory dance party on!