Word of the Month- Balance

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In this episode, we introduce our new segment "Word of the Month" featuring "balance" as our main focus, exploring how it applies to grief, everyday challenges, and personal wellbeing. 

Balance means acknowledging when to rest, pause, or act—not perfection—and serves as a reminder that grief is normal while finding joy amidst sadness is essential.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:29):
Hello everyone and welcome back to CC Airwaves.
My name is Paige Matillo and Iam here with Jen Cappsio.
How are you doing today?

Speaker 2 (00:38):
Hi Paige, I am doing great today.
I can't complain, having agreat morning.
I get to hang out with Paige,so can't be complaining.

Speaker 1 (00:46):
And you get to record a podcast for CC Airwaves.
So it's a dream come true.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
Honestly a win-win situation for me.

Speaker 1 (00:54):
This is my favorite part of the day, though Coming
down to the podcast studio,sitting with someone and getting
to talk about these things thatwe usually don't get to talk
about, so I'm excited.

Speaker 2 (01:05):
Yes, and it's a nice way to break up the day sit down
, have a nice conversation witha friend and put the work aside
for a second and just hang out.

Speaker 1 (01:14):
And we do have something exciting for you guys.
Today we are starting a newsegment called Word of the Month
.
So Jen is going to tell us alittle bit about it, because it
was her idea.

Speaker 2 (01:25):
Yeah.
So word of the month came about.
It's supposed to be a singularword to provide comfort,
encourage reflection and serveas a reminder of strength during
difficult times.
I thought this was just a nicething to have throughout the
month, so when you arestruggling you can have a little
reminder and a way to just helpyourself through difficult

(01:46):
times.
And this month's word isbalance.
So I was inspired by this wordfrom June's birthstone, the
pearl.
The pearl stands for purity andbringing us peace and balance
in life.
So life is about balance, andthat even applies to periods of
grief life, so life, is aboutbalance, and that even applies

(02:08):
to periods of grief.
Grief can often make us feeltrapped, and experiencing
anything else may dishonor theperson that we've lost.
That finding a sense ofnormalcy or even joy may be
betraying our grief in some way.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
Jen's 100% right life is about balance.
I mean, we do it every singleday.
We balance work, we balancesocial lives, family time versus
individual time hanging outwith friends.
You're always balancingsomething, and throwing grief
into the mix can make it thatmuch more complicated, and I
think it's important to notethat balance doesn't mean doing

(02:41):
everything perfectly.
It just means knowing when torest, when to pause and when to
act.

Speaker 2 (02:47):
So, however, to make yourself more balanced, yeah, I
think a big thing about balanceis taking the time you need for
yourself and putting yourselffirst in those situations.
So if you are going through adifficult time or grieving a
lost loved one, that might takea little bit more time.

(03:07):
You might need to take a littlemore time for yourself.
Maybe do some self-care or justtake a little bit more time
alone to yourself to think, orwhatever it may be.
And some people they may wantto just go back to their
everyday life.
Maybe just start work again andjust go back to life.
That way, each person it's alittle different.

Speaker 1 (03:28):
And grief does often throw our life out of balance
and with that, one day you'refeeling okay, the next you're
not, and that's completelynormal.
And you have to do what youhave to do.
You have to feel all thefeelings.
I mean, you have to feel thesorrow, you have to feel
everything in order to get tothat place where you were before

(03:48):
.

Speaker 2 (03:50):
And it's completely normal to feel a range of
emotions.
It really is.
It's sorrow or it's or maybeyou're remembering the good
memories from someone.
It really it can go a lot ofdifferent directions and I think
what's important to remember isthere's no right way to grieve.
It truly is.
A grief is a natural responseto loss, but it can come in many

(04:14):
different forms.

Speaker 1 (04:17):
And I mean there's even talk about balance
throughout our faith.
Jesus took a moment from thecrowds to take a moment and pray
, so if he needs space, it'sobvious that we also could use
space at certain times.
And also Scripture does remindus that for everything there is
a season, and isn't that whatbalance is all about, it, truly?

Speaker 2 (04:41):
is there.
I think a lot of times we canget caught up in life and
balance can get put aside, and Ithink oftentimes it life can
become very black or white andit's like all or nothing, and I
think, think especially inperiods of grief for just life
in general, we need to just takea step back and really look at

(05:02):
everything as a whole, tobalance everything and really
just take a second and find thebalance in everyday life.

Speaker 1 (05:12):
And this month I'm feeling very encouraged by the
word of the month.
So I think that I am going tostart taking those moments when
I need them.
I think a lot of the times it'sa lot of go, go, go in my life
and I do need to take a stepback and allow myself to rest in
order to have that balancedlife.
Jen, is there anything you'regoing to do?
I?

Speaker 2 (05:32):
agree, I can get off and get very caught up.
I am the type of person where Ilike to immerse myself fully in
whatever I'm doing, but thatcan often be a lot, very
overwhelming.
So I also agree, I need to takea step back, maybe take some
more personal time for myself,whether that's maybe just
hanging out with myself orhanging out with my family, or

(05:53):
just spending more time with theones I loved, or even, like I
said, spending more time bymyself, and I think that's okay.
To take that personal time foryourself, especially when you're
really caught up in everything.
Yeah, and I just I think,overall it's just when it comes
to balance, it's reallyimportant to just acknowledge

(06:14):
and embrace all the feelingsthat you might be having.
To just acknowledge and embraceall the feelings that you might
be having, because that's verynatural, but you need to find
joy in what is fulfilling to youand what will bring balance in
your life Overall.
I honestly just think, when itcomes to balance this month, and
especially if you're grievingsomeone right now, you can honor

(06:35):
the loss of that loved onewhile living a meaningful life.
Life is forever changing andit's a journey of
self-compassion, acceptance andfinding joy even amongst the
sadness.

Speaker 1 (06:49):
That's awesome, jen.
Well, I think that's all thatwe have for you guys today.
Take that word with youthroughout the month and please
remember that you need balancein your life.
So do what you need to do and,if you would like, you can share
with us what you're doing thismonth to provide balance.
You can email us at podcast atC-L-E-C-E-M dot org, or you can

(07:13):
shoot us a message on our socialmedia.
We have Instagram, facebook andTikTok and, speaking of which,
don't forget to follow us onthose platforms.
As I mentioned in our lastepisode, jen is taking charge of
our social media and it'd bereally great to see some support
.

Speaker 2 (07:28):
Yes, give me some support.
I want to hear all yourthoughts and if you guys, like
Paige said, remember to sharehow you're bringing balance to
your life this month, and we areso happy and so happy to have
you listening along with us.
Thank you everyone, thank you.