Maybe you deserve a little kindness?

For so long I felt so separated from my body. Like it was conspiring against me. Almost as if I wasn’t really living my life.

It took me a very long time to realize the disregulation happening in my nervous system, being stuck in a constant state of freeze had been my norm my entire life.

I didn’t realize that my body was fighting so hard to keep me alive. The depression was a wall to protect myself. The anxiety trying to keep me alive. Our bodies have evolved to have systems in place for protection. The definitely did not evolve to life in this fast, technology is king, chemical nutrition wasteland, pharmaceutical lives.

Everyone’s reaction to the world we live in is different. What is blue for me, might be purple for someone else, and red for your cousin.

What matters is we deserve to love our bodies. To recognize that we are a team. That with our mental health comes physical health and vice-versa (see thousands of articles online about gut health and endocrine health).We deserve to be kind to our bodies for all they do for us. For the sports we play, the art we create, for dancing, to even breathing. Our cells works around the clock to ensure our health, maybe they deserve a little compassion?

Breaking cycles sure isn’t easy but staying in the same space is harder. Start slowly by creating new habits of movement, rest, self-care, time for reflection, whatever brings you JOY. It is not selfish to put yourself first!

It is impossible to be there for others if you aren’t there for yourself. It is impossible to heal others if you don’t heal others. It is impossible to truly love unless you love yourself.

Slowly creating those new habits will bring you back into your body to help start your healing journey.

You have around 30 trillion cells rooting for you!

Luv,

Liz