What would you tell your younger self?

When we’re going through big transitions in life, it’s inevitable that we look back - find ourself in contemplation and regret (maybe) with things that did or didn’t happen, words said or unsaid, dreams that never materialised.

Hindsight can be a great thing and also hinderance.

As my home is going through renovations we’ve had to move out and currently are staying in a stunning part of London where I happened to live 20 years ago. Sure, I had been back to the area since but as I discovered there’s something different about actually moving back, staying in the town.

The first evening I was so excited, texting my old flatmates (all except one back in Australia now) as we relived some of the crazy moments from the past! As I retraced the steps I used to walk, I suddenly became really emotional - it took me by surprise. The energy from the younger version of me was here - she walked on these footpaths and ran through the park.

I began to think about what would I tell this younger version of me if I bumped into her now, and a lot came to mind!

And then I wondered, what would she say to me?

I stopped in my tracks and looked around, that was less easy to answer. Decades apart how could the younger version of me impart any wisdom, advice or guidance that could help me now?

As I continued walking I realised there was nothing she could say - it was deeper than that. It was feeling.

This young Tina excited for adventure, full of playfulness, with the precious naivety for the future and the limitlessness of what life could possibly hold - was more than words, it ran deeper moving through every part of my body - I could feel it all again!

As I kept walking, smiling with tears in my eyes, knowing that she was still here, within, encouraging me now with that bold freshness to look at life differently again. It was time.

With a spring in my step I realised I hadn’t come full circle, I was slowly spiralling up.

So I ask you now, what part of yourself do you need to reignite?

Do you need to revisit a time in your past to reopen this precious part of yourself?