Right now, life is chaotic and filled with uncertainty.

No matter what the age of your kids, they’re in the other room learning online.

You’ve eked out space in your home, that hopefully has a door with a sign saying, “Mommy’s working – No Entry!” Luckily, your spouse or partner has found another part of the house to conduct his business.

Even though each family member is wearing headphones, there’s still some background noise. You find yourself drifting off for a moment, dreaming of quiet time. Suddenly you’re interrupted by an unexpected request.

For the past months, I’ve been drawing after meditating most mornings as a way to deal with life.

My drawings are mostly intuitive. As I follow my pen, the drawing begins to form and I get a sense of the visual message. The process is called meta-cognitive drawing.

I love the process, as I’m discovering more about myself and the world. Meta-cognitive drawing is also a great, fun tool that I use with clients to help them efficiently find answers to problems.⁠ ⁠By the way you don’t have to know how to draw.

As you look at the drawing, you’ll see that I added a smile on one of the pipes at the end of my drawing time.

The pipe that’s on an angle looks like it has momentum and is the obvious choice for the smile. Yet, my pen found it’s way to the less obvious pipe. Just like in life, the answer isn’t necessarily where you expect it.⁠ ⁠

You want a piece of music to finish in a certain way or a movie or series to end conclusively. Do you remember the final episode of the Soprano’s on HBO? I recall loads of discussion with many people being upset with the ambiguous ending?

Right now uncertainty and the unexpected can be your teacher.

The threads of the unknown touch us all. I hear questions like, ⁠ “When will my work return to normal?” ⁠ “Can I go back to work?” ⁠ “Is it really safe to eat out indoors?⁠” “What’s the right thing to do next?”⁠ ⁠

The question is, how can you hold uncertainty without allowing it to swallow you up? Uncertainty can feel like a bottomless well.⁠ ⁠

The clue is like a house, you need to have a solid foundation. The solid base helps you tap into your inner strengths and wisdom. From there, you can find ways to accept that life is full of unexpected change, often without much warning. ⁠ ⁠

I would love to hear, and if I can be of help, let me know.⁠ ⁠

Enjoy,

Alyse

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P.S.S. You can also find me on instagram. @AlyseParise