If you've been feeling really depressed lately or down in the dumps, I want to offer you some advice today. It was advice a mentor offered to me recently and I thought it was brilliant. Therefore, I want to share it with all of you.

The advice my mentor gave me was "If you feel like you're dying right now, it's because you are."

Wait what? What kind of crap advice is this?

Here's what he meant.

No, I don't mean you're dying physically. What he meant was that right now there are parts of our old selves that are falling away which is why you might be feeling less than optimal. Maybe you thought you dealt with your anxiety and its resurfacing or your depression, codependency, etc.

When we heal our wounds, they often come to the surface before we are free of them. The unique gift of quarantine is that for most of us, we're being forced to sit and feel whereas before it was easier to distract ourselves. If you've been dealing with some big stuff, the good news is it's on its way out and a more healed, empowered version of yourself is breaking through.

So if you feel like you're dying it's because old pieces of yourself are and what a beautiful gift that could turn out to be.