06/10/2026
Our body speaks to us all of the time. "I am hungry." "I am thirsty." "I am tired". "This hurts." But how often do you truly listen?
I know for years I ignored so many of my body's messages - from starving myself to working through the pain to staying up too late. In that, I was distancing myself from trusting my body. And now, I am rebuilding that trust, especially when my body is telling me that something hurts.
We have pain receptors that are meant to tell us to stop. You would never tell your child to keep their finger over a flame, even if everything is telling them to pull away? So why ignore when your body tells you to stop, when your own pain receptors are screaming? This is something we have to unpack for ourselves. As for me, I was so attached to always moving my body (running away from myself) that I ignored those signs until it was too late.
Fast forward to 2024, when I could barely sit up from a chair without wincing in pain or constantly limping bc of the pain in my hip. I finally heard my body just needed a break. It needed to rest. It needed to heal. The healing takes longer than the years of ignoring.
I have learned to honor the wisdom of my body because it knows more than what I tell myself. Time and time again, my body knows best, and I’m so glad I finally started to listen.
