1 Insight • 1 Practice • 1 Reflection
🧠 One idea to sit with
Society praises those of us who show up for everyone else.
The reliability of “the people pleaser” gets celebrated – and over time, it becomes an identity.
But here's what that story costs: you cannot be fully present for the people you love when you are running on nothing.
The cup doesn't refill itself, and no one else is going to give you permission to fill it.
That part is completely on you.
✍️ One practice to try
Block one hour off this week that belongs to no one but yourself. Preferably, during the normal “9-5 work day” to really feel what it’s like to prioritize yourself.
No productivity allowed.
Simply notice what that feels like. Is there resistance?
❓One question to carry
What advice would you give a loved one who keeps putting themselves last – and hasn’t truly prioritized themselves in years?
📝 One quote to remember
“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.”
📷 One real moment from our own week
Chelsea Linge just got back from her first solo retreat.
Chelsea is the founder of joinBTB.com – an important community built for entrepreneurs who treat scaling a business and evolving as a person as the same path.
And she came back with this:
"I got bored. I cried. And I reached greater levels of peace than I have in a long time. I came back to the same life, the same challenges, the same to-do list. But the volume on the voice of worry is turned way down. I'm moving slower. More deliberately. Like I finally remembered that I'm not actually in a race."
Same life. Same challenges. Just a different relationship to all of it.
That's what three days can do.
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-Kyle and Eli
The Weekly Reset is a newsletter that goes out each Sunday. Each edition is simple by design. Just one clear idea, a practice to try, a reflection to sit with, and a glimpse into what we’re learning behind the scenes. It is written by Kyle Nelson and Eli Libby, Co-Founders of The Solo Retreat Company.
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