The Reconnection Conversation
Perhaps nothing is particularly wrong.
You're still getting things done. People still rely on you. Work gets managed, family gets looked after and life keeps moving.
But maybe you've noticed you're more tired than you used to be. Less patient. Less interested in things you once enjoyed. Or perhaps you've simply realised that you spend an enormous amount of time thinking about everybody else's life and very little thinking about your own.
You don't necessarily want to change your whole life.
The Reconnection Conversation is a pre-recorded conversation I've created for exactly that point.
I talk about why capable, caring women can gradually become disconnected from themselves without really noticing it; what happens when being the one who copes becomes your normal; why your own needs can become increasingly difficult to hear; and why feeling unlike yourself doesn't necessarily mean you need to turn your life upside down.
We also explore what reconnection can actually look like in real life. Not another morning routine, a list of things you should be doing, or a dramatic reinvention of yourself, but beginning to notice what's been missing and making a little more room for you again.
You'll receive the pre-recorded conversation to listen to in your own time, together with a beautifully designed 15-page companion document to download, use alongside it and return to afterwards.
Maybe you've been telling yourself you're just busy
Perhaps you are. Life is busy. There are people to think about, things to remember, work to get through and an apparently endless supply of small jobs that somehow know exactly where to find you.
But sometimes busy stops explaining all of it.
Maybe you've noticed that you're more easily irritated by things that wouldn't normally bother you. Someone asks one perfectly reasonable question and, internally at least, you'd quite like everyone to stop speaking to you for approximately three working days.
Perhaps you finally get an evening to yourself and realise you don't actually know what you want to do with it. Or someone asks where you'd like to go, what you'd like to eat or what would make you happy and your mind goes strangely blank.
You might find yourself saying, “I'll feel better when things calm down.” When work is quieter. When you've caught up. When everybody needs a little less from you. When you've finally dealt with the thing that's been sitting on the kitchen side for two weeks.
Except life has an irritating habit of replacing one thing with another.
And because you're still functioning, it can be very easy to dismiss all of this. You're not falling apart. You're getting on with things. There are probably people around you who would say you're doing brilliantly.
But coping and feeling like yourself aren't quite the same thing.
Sometimes we don't lose ourselves in one dramatic moment. It happens much more quietly than that. We become so accustomed to noticing what needs doing, what other people need and what has to happen next that we gradually stop checking in with ourselves at all.
And eventually, being the capable one isn't just something you do.
It's become the way you live.
“I knew things weren't right, but I didn't know what to do next.” From a 1-to-1 client
What is The Reconnection Conversation?
The Reconnection Conversation is something I created to give you the space to understand a little more about what may have been happening underneath all the getting on with things.
During the conversation, I talk about the invisible load we can carry without really counting it, what happens when being the person who remembers, organises, anticipates and keeps things moving becomes normal, and how easy it can be to become so used to thinking about what everybody else needs that we gradually stop hearing ourselves quite so clearly.
We also explore why simply getting some rest doesn't always answer that feeling of being disconnected, why it can become surprisingly difficult to know what you want or need, and why guilt can sometimes appear the moment you begin considering yourself in the equation.
This isn't about finding something else that's wrong with you or giving you another version of yourself to work towards. It's an opportunity to understand some of the patterns that may have quietly become part of everyday life and perhaps notice a few things that have been getting lost amongst everything else.
Something to use alongside the conversation
You'll also receive a beautifully designed 15-page Reconnection Conversation companion document, created specifically to use alongside and after the recording.
It isn't a workbook and there's nothing to complete. Instead, it picks up on different parts of our conversation and gives you somewhere to pause, think and notice what feels relevant to you. There are a few questions you may want to sit with, space to write if something comes to mind and plenty of room deliberately left alone.
You might write quite a lot. You might write three words. You may think of something useful three days later while you're putting the washing away and wonder why on earth it didn't occur to you at the time.
All of that counts.
You can return to the recording whenever you'd like, and the companion document is downloadable so you can save your copy and come back to it in your own time.
You don't have to wait until things are really bad
Because you may have recognised yourself in almost everything above and still be thinking, But I'm fine really.
And, in many ways, you probably are.
You're working. You're showing up. You're getting things done. There may be plenty in your life that you genuinely enjoy and feel grateful for. This doesn't have to be a story about everything being wrong.
Sometimes it's simply the recognition that you haven't felt quite like yourself for a while.
Perhaps you've been putting it down to being busy, getting older, having too much going on or just needing a decent holiday. And maybe a holiday would be lovely. Preferably one where nobody asks you where anything is.
But you don't have to reach a point where you can't cope before you're allowed to pay attention to yourself.
The Reconnection Conversation isn't about convincing you that something is wrong. It's an opportunity to spend a little time noticing what's been happening, becoming curious about some of the patterns that may have become part of everyday life, and considering whether there are parts of you that haven't had much attention lately.
You might come away with something that makes you think, recognise something you've never quite put into words before, or simply find yourself paying attention to something you've been brushing past.
Perhaps this is your time to be included too
You've probably spent quite enough time thinking about what everybody else needs.
This doesn't have to be another big decision or something else to get right. Just some time set aside for you, a conversation to listen to in your own time and somewhere to capture the things you don't want to lose sight of afterwards.
The Reconnection Conversation
Pre-recorded conversation with Jody + 15-page Reconnection Conversation companion document
Access the conversation online, with your companion document to download and keep
Your access details will be sent to you by email after purchase.
Still wondering if it's right for you?
How do I listen?
You'll receive access by email after purchase. You can listen to the recording online in your own time, wherever feels comfortable for you, and return to it whenever you'd like.
What else do I receive?
You'll also receive the downloadable 15-page Reconnection Conversation companion document.
It's been created specifically to accompany the recording, with space for reflection and a few questions you may want to return to in your own time.
Can I come back to it?
Yes. You can return to the recording online whenever you'd like, and your companion document is downloadable so you can save your copy and come back to it in your own time.
Is this therapy?
No. The Reconnection Conversation is a general wellbeing resource designed to offer space for personal reflection and greater awareness. It isn't therapy, medical advice, diagnosis or treatment and isn't a substitute for individual professional healthcare support where that is needed.
What happens after I purchase?
You'll receive an email with everything you need to access The Reconnection Conversation and download your 15-page companion document.
Because you're receiving immediate access to digital content, you'll be asked at checkout to consent to receiving it straight away and acknowledge what this means for your cancellation right.