Reminders for myself

When we stop trying to optimise ourselves within broken systems and start building something entirely new, something that trusts our inner wisdom, conserves our energy, and values our wellbeing, extraordinary things become possible.

We move through our days like we're being hunted. Everything feels urgent, because we've been taught that speed is good, and that efficiency is a moral virtue. We feel guilty about taking time to think, to process, to simply exist without producing . We've learned that busy = important, that rest = laziness.

Being consistent doesn’t mean doing the same thing every day.

It means practicing the art of showing up.

Today, that might look like working on your goals.

Tomorrow, it might mean feeling your feelings.

See yourself holistically.

Do what truly supports you.

Make experimentation your most consistent practice.

How to Heal Trauma, Calm Stress, & Unlock the Mind:

• Somatic practices (TRE, shaking, body scans)

• Breathwork methods (physiological sigh, belly breathing)

• Vagus nerve activation (humming, cold exposure, relaxation work)

It’s not in your head; heal your body.

The neurons in your limbic system are making new connections to your frontal cortex. By changing the way a memory is processed, the protein structure of that memory shifts — that’s neuroplasticity.

You can’t access the limbic brain — the amygdala or hippocampus — through talking.

Some days, you leave your phone untouched because the silence doesn’t scare you the way it used to. Some days you cry, yes but the crying feels like release, not defeat.

You stop waking up every morning with dread in your chest. Or if it’s still there, it becomes familiar less like a monster, more like a weather pattern. You know how to live around it. You don’t panic when it rains anymore. You learn to carry an umbrella, to cancel plans, to sit by the window instead of fighting the storm.

We think we want things, but every desire points to a way of life, a kind of person we long to become. Objects seduce us not with their utility but with their promise of transcendence—status, attention, belonging.