The purpose of RITUAL practice is often to signify a change from the everyday experience, he said.

This happens with “coming of age” rituals, holiday traditions, marriage ceremonies, baptisms (all sacred ceremonies you find within different religions and spiritual traditions).

But this also happens with things like bedtime prayers, journaling practice, and morning routines.

Because, put simply: a RITUAL is something you do in patterned intervals to mark an important change.

I’ve been in the “regularly anxious and overwhelmed” category since I was a kid.

Overwhelm is so familiar to me by now, I often know the cause, and even the solution! But somehow, it’s still incredibly hard to escape.

Probably because, I’m trying to escape… v. stay long enough to move through it.