12/10/2025
Eight days in Puglia with David Elliott cracked something open in me.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve equated love with responsibility — holding it all together, keeping everyone comfortable, making sure the energy in the room stayed balanced.
But this retreat reminded me: it’s not my job to manage other people’s equilibrium.
It’s not my responsibility to make everyone feel okay.
My only responsibility is to my own boundaries, breath, and heart.
Through breathwork, reflection, and silence, I released layers of control that twenty years of talk therapy could only touch. I felt what it means to be held by life — not because I’m managing it, but because I’m trusting it.
Coming home, I see it reflected everywhere: my husband holding space for our family, the kids grounded, the garden blooming — all without me orchestrating it.
Letting go of control doesn’t create chaos.
It creates trust, spaciousness, and love.
Here’s to the next chapter —
where I let life lead,
where I breathe before I fix,
and where I remember that being rooted in myself is enough. 🌿
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