Our problems aren't as big as what we think they are.

When we're in the midst of our struggle and we can't see a

way out, we have to find one. We have to know that.

We get thrown really hard obstacles and challenges.

The struggle will always be there, but it's our ability

and our mindset to say, OK, what is this teaching

me? What am I learning? How am I going to overcome this?

There's so much things that have happened to me in my life

that was sent to destroy me, but I overcame it and

I got through it. Probably one of my biggest life lessons to date

is that. Welcome to Krystal Rowe Impacts, a space dedicated

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Anyone else feel like they're at the point in their life where it's

just hard? where everything's a struggle or

have you hit a brick wall? Because this year

for me and my family has had its

challenges and it's really eye-opening to

see that A lot of people have been struggling and

that life keeps throwing its punches and the

world doesn't stop turning for anybody or anything. And

it's just one thing after another. And for me, I am

in a lot of reflection at the moment on what

are these challenges trying to teach me?

What haven't I learnt from past lessons? And

where am I at? Where am I going? And what

are the upgrades that I need to have in order

to get to where I'm going? I'm going to share with you

a little story about our morning routine.

So for those of you that are just tuning in, I

am a mum of eight children. ages

between 5 and 11. So as

you can imagine, in the mornings, it's crazy. getting

breakfast ready, getting dressed. We have five

girls, so making sure their hair's all ready for

the day and just getting lunches and

their jobs done and their chores done. And so it's just

so full on. It can be really high

energy and really, really intense. And that's life

too. Sometimes there's moments in the day

that are more stressful and more full on than others. And

then there's moments of calm and peace and

silence. So when we are trying to

get the kids out the door before eight o'clock, And

there's so much going on, so much noise, music

might be playing in the background, or they might

be fighting and picking on each other, or somebody can't find

a sock, or one of the younger kids has

a black sock on and a white sock, and one might have a hole.

All of the things, I'm like, why is this here? Why

can't you find a matching sock? Even though I've tried to buy

all the same socks, we always end up with so many odd

socks. I don't know who can relate, who has children, but it's

crazy. Anyway. We're

getting them ready and we're so close to

getting them out the door and anything can happen. But the moment

they say their goodbyes and we're blowing kisses

and catching kisses and just sending them off

the best we can, all

of a sudden the house is silent. And all of

a sudden there's calm. And

me and my husband often sit there and we're like, And

that's life. That's life and sometimes we

get thrown really hard obstacles and challenges and

they can seem so intense and sometimes

we don't even see a way out. But

then comes the calm and then comes the

silence and the success of actually overcoming or

the success of learning the lesson and getting your

aha moment and feeling great again. And

sometimes we just have to take a step back and breathe and

remember that life is a

journey and that there's so much to learn along the

way. And that if we just hang in there, we'll

make it to the calm or we'll make it to the moment that we can breathe

again and refocus and remember, okay, what's

the next step in the day? What's the next step in life? What

do I need to do to get to the next goal or to the next, milestone

or what do I need to do now to keep me

going in the direction of my vision or in the direction

of what I choose to do. So I know that

it's easy to say, just keep pushing and never give up and all

of that. And when you're just in the struggle of life, like

for me, I've had so much moments

of reflection and questioning, like, is this really where

I want to be going in life? And my vision and

my purpose is so strong that I remember

it and I'm like, yes, this is just a little hiccup. And

there's been moments over the last couple of months where I've

just paused or I've just stopped and

I have just been. I've

allowed myself and I've given myself permission to just be.

And sometimes that allows me to go further because

when I'm trying to push on an empty tank

or I don't have much to give or my

capacity is very small, If I give myself

five minutes or a day or a week, it

actually fills up my tank more and I'm able to go further

and I'm able to achieve more. And sometimes when

life throws us those challenges and we're

just overwhelmed and the struggle is so real

because if it's not another bill coming in, the rent's due,

or the power's due, or the kids are

getting bullied, or they're fighting, or just there's always

something. The struggle will always be there, but it's our

ability and our mindset to say, okay, what is

this teaching me? What am I learning? How am

I going to overcome this? Why is this happening for me?

Because things in life happen for us in

order to shape us and to grow us and to be able to move

us in the direction that we are trying to get to.

It's not so much the destination, but the journey. The

struggles in life are so real. And

it's really comforting when you're honest and you're real and

people see you go through stuff. I

had a customer the other day in our cafe come

through and he's like, man, you guys have been going through a little bit lately, eh?

And I'm like, Yeah. And he was like, that

was us last year. Just one thing after another. And,

you know, it just, it just made me realize that

we're all in this life together and some of us go through

things and some of us learn and some of us are

just sailing through, which is, which is awesome. But

it's so comforting to know that we're not alone. And

I think why I'm sharing that life is

a struggle and there's so many lessons is because I want

people to know that they're not alone in the struggle, that

there is so much support and there's so much people that understand

either they've been through it and they have come

out on the other side. And sometimes we just need a

little bit of support. Sometimes we just need to

know that we're not alone in the struggle. And

when we isolate ourselves, the struggle just

seems worse. And I think sometimes too, that

our problems aren't as big as what we think they are.

I know for me, when I sit in my shed

and I'm like, Man, this sucks. This is just so

hard. And I start to get in my mind and I'm bringing all

of these other times and excuses and

reasons and meanings to why I'm going through

something. It just keeps getting worse. And then the struggle

just gets harder. And when I actually set

myself time to step back

and assess my own struggle and see if it's that bad

and take myself out of my head, I realized,

you know what, it's not actually that bad. I can overcome

this. I can fix this. How can I problem solve? Because

I think when we're in the midst of our struggle and we

can't see a way out, We have to find

one. We have to create one. We have to

know that. regardless of

how we are feeling, we're

going to get through it. You know, there's so much things that have

happened to me in my life that was sent to

destroy me, but I overcame it and I

got through it. And that's probably one of my biggest life

lessons to date is that I'm an overcomer because

what life threw at me to destroy me, I

overcame and I started to be able to get

through each challenge and obstacle a little bit

easier and I stopped being so much in my head and

why is this happening to me? Instead I

would ask myself why is this happening for me? So

I just want to encourage you to take the time to B,

to pause and to know that you

are not alone and there is support out there. And

if you are looking for a bit of support or understanding or

help getting back on track, maybe you need to

let go of some trauma or to find

your purpose, to rediscover your purpose. You

can reach out on my social media platforms. You

can book a discovery call or look into my one-on-one

coaching and we can together help

get you through some of the struggles that life has thrown at you. And