A number of years ago, when our son Sean was in grade 6, he signed up to be a paperboy. (Do they even have those anymore?) The local paper was delivered three times a week but with a twist! It was completely unassembled! That meant every delivery day, we’d sit together and insert a mountain of flyers into each paper, roll them up, and secure them with elastic bands.
It became our thing. I’d pull the wagon along the sidewalk while Sean dashed from house to house, tossing papers into mailboxes. We had a system, a rhythm. It gave us fresh air, uninterrupted conversation, and connection with neighbors back in the days before smartphones and 24/7 internet.
Sean learned so much from that job: communication, time, money management, accountability, and how to handle complaints. It was one of those rare, beautiful experiences where everyday life teaches real-life skills.
But one blustery day, our well-oiled system hit a snag.
I tossed him a newspaper bundle, and it was a terrible throw—low and awkward. It slipped between his hands, burst open between his feet, and suddenly the flyers were everywhere. The wind scattered them like confetti across the street. Sean scrambled to grab them, diving and lunging like he was in a comedy sketch. I stood on the sidewalk howling with laughter. He managed to recover most of them, but wow—what a scene!
That moment has stayed with me all these years. Not just because it was funny, but because it reminded me how quickly life can go from calm to chaos. One bad toss. One phone call. One unexpected loss, diagnosis, argument, or disappointment… and suddenly we’re scrambling, trying to gather the pieces of something that used to make sense.
The truth is: life will throw us bad tosses. Sometimes they’re small and we can laugh them off. But other times, they leave us winded, overwhelmed, and unsure of how to move forward.
What I’ve learned over the years, especially through my work in Energy Psychology and Biofield Tuning, is that our ability to handle what life throws at us depends heavily on the unresolved stress we’re still carrying. Every past flyer-storm we never cleaned up still takes up energetic bandwidth. It affects how we react, how much we can hold, and how quickly we recover.
Energy work helps us gently go back, pick up the scattered pieces, and reassemble what got blown apart. Not just so we can feel better but so we have more resilience, more capacity, and more calm for whatever comes next.
Because there will be more. Life never stops tossing.
But when you’re not scrambling from yesterday’s storm, you’ve got both feet under you and hands ready to catch. ✨
If you’re ready to stop scrambling and start clearing space inside yourself, let’s talk.