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It's Eve here with you. Welcome to Radio Headspace.
So I caught COVID a few weeks ago and I got it pretty badly.
I've had all the vaccines, the booster, but it finally got me.
I had to surrender to the fact that I was pretty sick and I had to rest.
That meant stopping everything. No work, no chores, nada.
And boy, did it feel uncomfortable. But I'm so glad I listened to what my body needed And I bring this up because I think generally speaking, we're not very good at resting, especially when we're sick.
It's almost as if we pitch ourselves against ourselves and that we're failing if we don't continue to work.
Now, of course, there are many reasons for this.
Folks may not feel safe taking sick days.
There might be a fear of losing their jobs or that it will be frowned upon.
And there's not really an easy fix for this.
A lot of these issues are deeply embedded in our working culture.
But I think what is helpful to remember is that we may all get sick at some point in our lives.
And we're all going to need support to heal and to get better.
So we might not be able to change our approach to sick days overnight.
But we can focus on cultivating empathy and compassion.
We are all part of a shared human experience.
And it can be helpful to remind ourselves when we see that someone needs time to rest and heal, that one day we too might need that same help.
And we can flex our empathy and compassion muscles as we go about our daily lives.
It doesn't have to be reserved just for the bigger challenges in life.
And a great way to do this is by strengthening our attention and listening to folks, not just what they say, but how they look their mood and what they might not be saying.
We're all probably quite guilty of saying, yeah, I'm fine.
When someone asks, how are you? It's almost a default setting sometimes.
But when we start to pay attention in more detail and notice how someone is, we can often see that they may need a little support or help.
Of course, we don't want to push and pry or force folks into telling us what is going on.
But a simple, I noticed that you seemed a little down.
Is there anything I can do to help? Please let me know if you feel comfortable sharing can really go a long way.
Practicing meditation and mindfulness helps to lay the foundations for empathy and compassion to arise.
Empathy is to feel with, to put yourself in someone else's shoes.
And compassion is to suffer with. And when we train in awareness, we better understand our struggles and then the struggles of others.
And as a result, we're perhaps motivated to help alleviate that pain.
When we see someone going through difficulty or having a bad day, taking a moment to feel what they might be feeling and then choosing to offer skillful support can make a huge difference.
And I know we won't always be able to feel what someone else is feeling, but we can perhaps try to imagine that difficulty.
In doing this, it helps to soften the edges, and we can remind ourselves that everyone needs a helping hand at times.
And that might be encouraging someone to take the time they need to rest and recover when they're sick, even if that means picking up the slack for them whilst they do that.
Little by little, if we all flex our empathy and compassion muscles, the world will hopefully start to feel like a safer and more supportive environment to be in.
To help flex those muscles, we have lots of brilliant meditations and exercises on compassion in the Headspace app.
Just search compassion. Thank you for joining me today.
Take care.
