8d • General discussion
Disappointment, the Body & Self-Leadership • 26/45 • Line 2 🌿
This morning I found myself reflecting on how disappointment actually moves through the body, not just the mind.
Recently, disappointment came up for me — and what surprised me most was my first automatic response.
My system went straight into:• punishment• withdrawal• inertia• freeze
Not consciously…Somatically.
And this is where the work of Irene Lyon and The Body Keeps the Score lands so powerfully — because disappointment doesn’t live as a “thought problem. ”It lives as a nervous system experience.
Somatically, disappointment is often held in:• the chest (grief + expectation)• the diaphragm/solar plexus (power + control)• the throat (unexpressed truth)• the belly (safety + worth)
It can feel like:• heaviness• pressure• collapse• fatigue• numbness• emotional flatness• or shutdown
The body often reads disappointment as a threat to safety, expectation, or self-trust.
✨ What changed everything for me
Instead of staying in that old pattern, I made a conscious nervous-system-led choice.
I went back to my design affirmations — not to bypass what I was feeling, but to reorient my system toward truth.
I revisited:• what I’m here to do• who I’m here to be• my natural strengths• my predictable shadows• what throws me off course• what anchors me back into alignment
And something shifted — not just mentally, but in my body.
My system softened. My breath returned. My self-trust recalibrated. And I navigated the disappointment from leadership instead of collapse.
That’s growth in real time.
🌟 Why this is so aligned with today’s energy
We’re in 26/45, the frequency of:• influence• voice• leadership• responsibility• and integrity in how we direct energy
And today carries Line 2 — the sensitive, intuitive, emotionally perceptive frequency.
This makes today perfect for asking:
When disappointment hits… who is leading your system? Your old survival pattern — or your conscious self?
✨ Today’s “Why Do” Affirmation
Why do I naturally navigate disappointment with clarity, grounded self-trust, and clean self-leadership?
No forcing the answer. Let your body respond.
🌬️ Somatic Practice — “Meeting Disappointment Safely” (2 minutes)
• One hand on your chest• One hand on your belly• Slow inhale• Long exhale• Ask gently inside:“What part of me felt let down?”• Stay with the sensation without fixing it• Let the body complete the experience
👇 I’d love to hear (only if it feels safe to share):When disappointment shows up for you — do you freeze, push harder, withdraw, numb, or self-punish? And are you learning a new way to meet it?
This is real embodied work. And you’re not doing it alone. 💛
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Disappointment, the Body & Self-Leadership • 26/45 • Line 2 🌿
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