Good morning from New York City. In the Friday episode, I was talking about putting myself on airplane mode. While we often think of airplane mode as shutting other people out, for me it was about intentionally coming back into myself. Choosing to stay with myself, I become the observer of my thoughts and notice the cadence of my energy throughout the day.

I want to talk about this word that I love reckoning which is therein related. I looked up the definition of reckoning and one of the things it says is that it is an action or process of calculating or estimating something. I think of reckoning as something that most often happens around a major life event, when we have a breakup, a divorce, when we lose a job, or become ill, It’s those moments when we’re at a crossroads. We know we have to dig deep, perhaps put on our big girl pants and get back in the driver’s seat to redirect our lives. But I don’t think reckonings only happen when we have our back against the wall, though that’s usually a catalyst for it.

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