THE POWER OF MESS

DISCOVER THE GIFT OF FINDING PEACE AND JOY IN CHAOS

-  ALISON GRAVES

Messy situations in life will often make us feel stressed, uneasy and uncomfortable. We’re conditioned to believe that any bump in the road will send us into a spin. But life is messy, and without any challenges to work through, we wouldn’t learn valuable lessons and discover the truest versions of ourselves.

Samantha Lourie’s new book, The Power Of Mess, teaches us new ways to embrace the sticky situations in our lives, whether that be a loss, a complicated divorce or navigating a tangle of tricky friendships.

When times are hard, Samantha – who runs journalling workshops and online self-love and healing courses – admits there is no harm in not knowing exactly what to do to fix them. In fact, she admits she “lives 85% of my life winging it, and 15% with things under control.”

Things don’t always go to plan, but by following Samantha’s top tips on how to embrace the mess, we can all feel liberated by turning life’s tough times into our own superpowers…

1 PAUSE AND BREATHE

“When we face any kind of mess, we immediately feel overwhelmed by the challenges ahead. So we must learn to pause and remember we don’t need to find all the answers straight away.