Jess Cording

I have OCD.

I didn't find that out till my 30s, but...

If I had known that about myself when I was much younger, I think it would have been easier to just look at like, okay, these are the things happening.

What can I actually do something about?

But also just to I think you have to really take stock and look at what's going on.

And, you know, how is that affecting you?

How's it showing up and let go what you can't control?

Totally.

My favorite maybe is to put your own name on your calendar because it is so easy to just give our time away to other people.

And I know for a lot of people I've supported, I've dealt with this too, that that can be one of the biggest stressors because we're too busy doing things that maybe we don't want to do or that we feel like we have to do.

And it's just so easy to put our own needs way at the bottom of the list.

So something I started experimenting with clients and patients, you know, well over 10 years ago now was put your own name on your calendar, whether that's for your workouts, like your appointments, just time for a break, because that makes it not only does it prevent other people from booking that time, it's a subtle reminder that you matter just as much as everything else on that list.

Exactly.

Yeah.

Like literally like put your name, put David on your calendar or have your assistant put it on there.

So that way that is your time.

Even if it's like 10 minutes, it all, it still matters.

Mine are where I'm in a car that's falling off of a cliff backwards.

So I feel you.

You know, this is going to sound really basic, but what we eat can play a really big part.