"Wants and Needs Part of taking responsibility for ourselves means taking responsibility for what we want and need, and knowing that’s okay to do. Learning to tune-in to ourselves, learning to listen to ourselves, is an art. It takes practice. We can use our ability to guess what others want and need, and apply that skill to ourselves. What does it sound like we might want and need? What would we guess would help us feel better? What are our feelings telling us? Our body? Our mind? Our intuition? If we ask, then listen closely; we’ll hear the answer. We are wiser than we think, and we can be trusted. What we want and need counts. It’s important, and it’s valid. It’s okay to learn to participate in meeting our own needs. We can learn to identify what we want and need and be patient with ourselves while we’re learning. Today, I will pay attention to what I want and need. I will not discount myself." Quoted from the app The Language of Letting Go. Find recovery resources at www.hazeldenbettyford.org

What's the micro-practice you tried today and how did it feel?

Kind of ⤵️ Simply put, I'm NOT where I was when I began fundraising for the Mama J Love MSW Fund in July 2025. Since then, l've experienced: • a spiritual death + rebirth • a system-level rupture with family court • a shift from "I need credentials" to "I am the model of care" • a remembering that my lived experience is the curriculum • clarity that my business has two powerful arms and one mission: Rooted in love. Blooming in liberation. • a new identity emerging Shoutout to each of YOU for joining this community of practice in 2025 👊🏽 We’re going to have a more regulated nervous system this year! I’ll be sharing more about my healing journey activated by my dream and manifestation of queer motherhood, which has been more of a spiral quest 🌀❤️‍🔥 I'm curious •• What are YOU more curious to know / learn about? Share below 👇🏽

My cat has become a lap cat. She wants me to sit and be still with her. Picture Description: a tortoise shell cat in a lap

What's one bite-sized boundary you will practice today? Boundaries are love in action. 💕