{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fce0604c9-34bc-427b-892f-24d7c8548add","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Belonging with Becca Piastrelli","description":"Is what you're doing actually in alignment with how you want to feel and what kind of a life you want to live? \u2013Becca Piastrelli\r\n\r\n\nOn this episode of the Plan Simple Meals Podcast, I\u2019m really excited to talk with Becca Piastrelli, about belonging and connection. Even when we are doing, doing, doing, and around people a lot there can be loneliness or disconnect. \r\n\r\n\nThat disconnect or lack of belonging can be a sign that we aren\u2019t aligned with how we want to feel and the kind of life we want to live. So we need to look at how we are connected to the natural world, other people, and with yourself. You need to reach out to people, learn to love yourself, and build your belonging muscle. \r\n\r\n\nOne of the big tools Becca brings to feeling more connected is using practice, rituals, and intentions. These things can be calming to the nervous system and bring a greater connection to our lives. Where do you start? Where you feel the most longing.\r\n\r\n\nWe talk about: \r\n\r\n\nRecognizing discomfort as a place where growth happens\r\n\r\n\nPlanning for space as much as for doing and cutting back on what we do and honoring unstructured time\r\n\r\n\nHaving a closing ritual to your day (it could be as simple as closing your lap top and doing what you really feel like doing)\r\n\r\n\nAvoiding counterfeit connection\r\n\r\n\nBeing realistic with how long things take\r\n\r\n\nThe benefits of not doing all the time\r\n\r\n\n\r\nBIO\r\n\r\n\nBecca Piastrelli is a writer, land steward, womxn\u2019s coach, and ancestral folk medicine keeper. She\u2019s a storyteller, deep fertile listener, and gather-er of community. She\u2019s dedicated to supporting womxn in experiencing a deep sense of belonging through connecting with the cycles of nature, ancestral wisdom, working with their hands, and being in meaningful sisterhood. She's seen it set them free time and time again, going on to start circles in their towns, quit their toxic jobs, and shift the dynamics of their relationships.\r\n\r\n\n \r\n\r\n\n \r\n\r\n\n \r\n\r\n\n \r\n\r\n\nLINKS\r\n\r\n\nhttps://beccapiastrelli.com/\r\n\r\n\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\nDoable Changes from this episode:\r\n\r\n\nSET UP A CLOSING RITUAL. It\u2019s easy in our ever connected world to work all the time. Create a ritual for yourself to close the day. It could be as simple as closing your laptop or shutting out all your tabs. If you work from home, it could be stepping outside before coming back in. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\nHONOR WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO DO. Sometimes we go against what we really want in the name of self-care or self-interest. Maybe you love to paint or read. Or you set up time to see friends. But when the time comes you really just want to sit or nap. Try doing that. Try doing it even if you feel guilty or like you \u201cshould\u201d be doing something else. What happens if you do that every day for a week? \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\nPLAN FOR SPACE. We all need downtime, unstructured time, time to be still or do what moves us. Block off space in your planner for this kind of time. Write Me or Space or Top Priority. If it helps write Dream or Rest. Let that space be what you want it to be when you get there. Just don\u2019t fill it with overflow from your day. Let it be unstructured, no to do lists, nothing to check off. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\r\n \r\n","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/ca7f4b90-600b-4e5a-b640-cb9eb37f34b0/New-Podcast-Cover-PlanSimplePodcast2.jpg"}