09/08/2026
There’s a version of me that used to fight every hard emotion that showed up.
Sadness would arrive and I’d brace against it.
Shame would surface and I’d try to push it back down.
I thought that was strength, holding the line against my own feelings.
What I didn’t understand yet was that resistance was the thing keeping me stuck, not the feeling itself.
When I finally learned to stop fighting and just feel the sensation fully, without trying to fix it or explain it, it moved through me and resolved on its own.
That’s when I understood that somatic awareness wasn’t just a technique. It was a way back to myself.
