Last May 2023, I began my second visa application to extend the US Business Visa that I was initially approved for in 2022.
At the same time that I was going through a big romantic breakup.
Which was immediately followed by another visa process in Summer 2023 (the USCIS requested more evidence), which was unquestionably the most stressful of all.
And thus began one of the most significant periods of burnout and turmoil that I've experienced in my adult life.
It felt like everything meaningful to me was at stake…
- The visa process became far more financially complex than I had initially anticipated, which began to seriously jeopardize the financial flow & stability I had achieved in my business over the past 5 years.
- The scope of business growth required of my new US Corporation in order to assure my visa extension was far greater than had initially been conveyed to me. This created so much pressure that I was seriously considering selling my business altogether!!
- The life & community I had built in Austin could come to an abrupt end in any moment… if my visa application was not successful, I would be given 10 days to leave the country.
During these months, I coped by spending hours on the phone speaking to trusted family members & friends, while walking circles around the block outside my home - just to keep myself feeling stabilized.
(One afternoon I made an absolute “worst-case scenario” plan on the phone with my Dad, so that I could come to terms with what actions I would take if I reached the point of total financial ruin and got deported.)
I also began experiencing immense full-body pain that left me staying in bed for entire days.
All the while having to produce an incredible amount of legal & administrative documentation, while ensuring a certain level of growth in my businesses.
(Since the entire life I built now depended on the business getting even bigger!)
This was a kind of over-extension & adrenal exhaustion I had never touched before.
(If you've followed me over the years, you know that creating & growing my business from a place of fullness & joy in myself has always been highest priority…)
Ultimately, (thank God!) - my visa did get extended, I moved through the breakup, I celebrated with my community, and I was determined to find my way back into a place of ease & alignment in my business & life.
But I felt stuck 😳😭
After months of so much stress, I couldn't seem to get my body to relax.
I knew I wanted to exit the strategy I had adopted through the summer months of madly adhering to my to-do list and relentlessly “holding things together.”
But there was this unexplainable, persistent feeling that it was not safe for me to “set things down."
The feeling was existential…
An irrational sense that if I set things down, even just for a brief 20 minute meditation, my whole life could fall apart.
Even though the major stressors had been resolved.
I continued to carry full-body pain and a desperate desire to rest, while feeling helplessly stressed and out-of-control.
Have you ever felt this way??
This gave me a new appreciation for how challenging it can be for people to de-escalate & re-balance their lives after periods of major upheaval.
One of the scary things about burnout is it can feel like the amount of rest required to recover will be forever out of reach.
Like life doesn't allow you to rest deeply, for long enough…
This ends up adding to the stress… The worry about how difficult or impossible it may be to return to a state of wellbeing.
If this is you now, or has ever been you before, I get it.
And I want to share what finally helped me to recover.
One of the greatest blessing of May 2023 was that I met my neighbor and now-best-friend, Silas.
In addition to being an incredible bodyworker, compassionate friend, and jiu jitsu athlete, Silas has had a long-time fascination with rest.
I want you to hold in perspective for a moment that I have been sitting with my own teacher navigating deep nervous system patterns, 2-3 sessions per week, for 6 years.
Well before it became trendy & common to hear the words “nervous system” or “regulation” on Instagram or podcasts.
So my own self-knowledge and foundation of body-based practices runs VERY deep.
And yet last summer I was taken so out-of-range in myself that I anticipated it would take me many months before feeling recovered, rejuvenated, inspired, and creative in the ways I used to.
Yet here's what happened instead…
Silas guided me through a few practices (we're talking like, 3 x 20 minutes), and within a handful of days, I found myself in an almost fully-resourced state.
We're talking about the kind of rejuvenation that has you waking up with so much energy & clarity that you relate to your to-do list in an easeful manner, and you have space to do NEW things 💫
Life feels light, optimistic, and spacious again.
And your libido turns on 🔥💦
I was so blown away by my recovery, that I instantly began working on a new project with Silas to bring his genius to my network.
(Like I said - I was rejuvenated enough to start a whole new project in addition to my existing growing brands).
I wanted to capture the decade of self-study he has undergone in the realm of deep rest, and I worked with him to put together an entire program…
Rediscovering Rest™
The fact that the program exists at all is the proof that it works 😆
Because only 5% of the entire value contained within this program was enough to have me experience such rapid & radical recovery that I was able to build it.
Whether you are a mother, student, entrepreneur, athlete, spiritual seeker, creative, or someone navigating health challenges…
Learning how to rest deeply & efficiently, and learning how to stop inhibiting your own rest patterns will have you experiencing new levels of pleasure, joy, and productivity.
Inside, you'll learn how to…
- Become more sensitive to your body's rest signals
- Address the patterns that seem to create safety, but actually inhibit your rest
- Maximize rest efficiency
- and Activate your natural rest function
Through various lessons & practices that make it simple to get into a deep state of rest.
In my humble opinion, resting deeply is one of the most life-enhancing capacities we can develop.
The benefits extend into every corner & facet of life…
Health, career, relationships, intimacy, mood, financial success…
I hope this program serves you as deeply as it has served me.
For 48 hours, you can get access for 50% OFF.
Check it out here.
We hope you love this new offering!
Feel free to hit reply to this email with any questions.
Take good care,
Courtney (& Silas)
