Monday Reflection - What if Safety comes First?

Recorded on my swing on a gray, windy fall day, with the sun breaking through and the last of a gentle rain on the leaves above me. 🍂 About three and a half years ago, a series of events turned my understanding of the world upside down. It felt like being deep in the ocean, not knowing which way was up. The foundation I’d built my life on was swept out from under me. At first, I floundered. I went from thing to thing looking for a way to feel better so I could make progress. What I didn’t recognize was that my body was in hypervigilance and fear. I didn’t know how to bring safety back into it, so I tried to ignore it. My trust in myself and my world was destroyed. In that destruction, I got to start over. For about two and a half years now, I’ve been rebuilding true trust in myself, on a foundation of what I now know to be true for my life. What I’m learning is that healing has a natural order. For me, it has to begin with my body and my nervous system. I have to learn how to feel safe in my body before I can truly move forward in any area of my life. Today’s reflection is simply this: awareness of how far I’ve come. If your foundation has been shaken and you’re not sure which way is up, I see you. You don’t have to figure everything out at once. You might start with one breath, one moment of feeling the ground beneath you. 💭 What if feeling safe in your body is the first step toward everything else you long for? (A perfectly imperfect note: I did my math wrong before recording, so the timeline in the video is a little off. It’s been about three and a half years since these events began, and about two and a half since I started rebuilding. I’m showing up as I am, and that’s okay.) 💛 #BeingHumanToday #MondayReflection #NervousSystemHealing #SafeInMyBody #CreatingConnectionsCoaching