Last Updated on January 24, 2021 by Kari
The last time I wrote about trying to do 7 courses at once, I said I had an epiphany. The words ‘take it seriously’ came into my life and I thought it meant I needed to get down to work and finishing everything I had set out to accomplish. So, I put a ton of pressure on myself to get down to work and take everything (way too) seriously.
I Still Wasn’t Feeling Well
I had mentioned that my hypothyroidism was acting up and I wasn’t feeling well. Well, that stuck around and kept me from being able to do the things I wanted to do, including challenging myself to do the 7 Mindvalley courses at once.
I did manage to finish The Yoga Quest, but that was relatively easy because it was something I did as an exercise each morning.
For the rest of the day, I usually didn’t have the energy or the ability to focus and get stuff done – and that was frustrating on many levels.
I Started To Think Negative Thoughts About Myself And What I Was Doing With My Life
Here’s the biggest drawback I found of trying to challenge myself to do too much at once. I started to get upset with myself.
I was upset that I wasn’t able to do what I had set out to do and that led to thoughts about all the times I wasn’t able to do what I had set out for myself. That led to a pity party which led to even more negative thoughts.
Before I knew it, I wasn’t able to do anything. I was in such a negative self-talk loop that I couldn’t bring myself out, even with all of my lessons from Marisa Peer and other teachers about speaking to yourself differently.
I Started To Get Anxiety
I felt like a failure because I was so far behind in the challenges that I had set out for myself this month. And that caused anxiety.
I haven’t had this kind of anxiety before. I’ve had anxiety once in a while over the years when a stressful time comes. But this is something constant and terrifying. I feel tense and anxious for what seems like no reason – and it’s scary. My heart is beating too fast. My body feels weird. It’s not something I want to have on a consistent basis, or ever really.
I realized that the words ‘take it seriously’ were still relevant, but they were meant for my health as well as my work and personal development. Challenging myself to do too much was causing my work, personal development, and health a lot of harm. I need to take how I approach balance in my life more seriously.
Note: In hindsight, I think the anxiety was caused by a health issue I was having. My Hypothyroidism started to head into Hyperthyroidism because of a hormonal supplement I was taking, and fixing that fixed the anxiety issue. However, I do think the stress of trying to do too much was a big booster for the anxiety.
I’ll Be Doing One To Two Courses Going Forward
For now, I’m going to focus on Hero, Genius, Legend because that was my favorite out of the courses I have left. I know that a newer version of Becoming Limitless starts later this month, so I’ll probably start that quest too. But I’m not going to push myself to do too many things at once.
I’d love to know who the author of this article is. I have hashimotos disease so always interesting to connect with others with thyroid issues. I’ve not fully taking a mindvalley course yet but interested in doing so including one for Marisa Peer, Lisa Nichols and Emily Fletcher. Definitely one at a time though. Great to read about someone else who tries to spin a number of plates!
I’m Kari. Nice to meet you, Leanne. I have Hashimoto’s too.
I just figured out that I was taking a hormonal supplement and it was affecting my thyroid in a way that my naturopath didn’t see coming. It put me into hyperthyroidism and I was having symptoms like a fast and hard heartbeat and major body anxiety. I actually ended up going into the hospital thinking there was something wrong with my heart, but, nope – just good old thyroid issues causing havoc on my body.
I went off the hormone and the Synthroid for a few weeks out of fear that I was going to stay in a hyperthyroid state and that just put me deep into hypothyroidism again. Lol. So, now I’m taking the Synthroid and trying to get my thyroid levels back down. But, no more anxiety – just extreme exhaustion.
It’s insane that such a little thing in your body can cause so many problems!
I’m trying to find a way to balance the hormones that I know are out of whack thanks to tests and keep my thyroid working, and it’s not an easy task. Through trial and error, I’ve gone into some painful moments, exhausted moments, and some anxious moments so far. But I’m going to keep working with my naturopath to see if there is something I can do to feel like a normal human being again because there’s got to be a way.
Honestly, I would just love to cure Hashimoto’s altogether.
Are you still doing either one or two quests at a time? or have you taken up more, I would really like an update like I like your reviews 🙂 Keep up the good work you’re really inspiring!
I’m always doing at least one quest. I have very few quests left to go through. Some of them I can’t get into, so it’s hard for me to go through them. I’m working up to it. 😉
But when a new quest comes out, I’m always taking it with the first batch of students. And lately, there have been quite a few new quests. I’m currently taking Energies of Love and Integral Theory at the same time.
The Quest All Acces Pass has updated, so besides the new quests that come out, we have a ton of content to go through now between quests that get added from Soulvana and Mindvalley Mentoring.
Plus, I’m part of the Lifebook Membership group, so I’m constant taking classes for the category of the month in the channels section of the Mindvalley dashboard.
In short, I’m always doing something with Mindvalley!