This morning should’ve been chaos.
My son was up before 5am, I was running on very little sleep, but I wasn’t stressed.
I was calm. Grounded. Even peaceful.
And that’s when it really landed for me, healing isn’t something I do anymore.
It’s just how I live.
When I first started this journey, it was all about nervous system regulation.
Learning what safety felt like in my body.
Building tools to calm myself when things felt too much.
But over time, it’s evolved.
Because the more I regulate, the more space I have, to think, to feel, to actually live.
And that space has led me deeper into mindfulness and Buddhist teachings, especially the Eightfold Path.
I’ve realised it’s not about trying to be “calm” or “positive” all the time.
It’s about awareness.
It’s about noticing what’s happening in the body, in the mind, and choosing to respond with love and understanding, even when it’s uncomfortable.
I’ve been reflecting a lot lately on things like “right speech.”
Not just in the literal sense, not lying or saying kind things, but really speaking from the heart.
Being honest, not manipulative.
Not using words to get approval or control outcomes, but to express truth with kindness.
And honestly, that’s something I’ve been trying to bring into everything, even how I show up online.
I’ve realised I’ve been shaping my content for the algorithm instead of speaking from my soul.
Trying to make things fit what “works.”
But from now on, I want to create differently.
Less polished. Less planned.
More from presence.
Because mindfulness isn’t something you do for ten minutes a day, it’s something you are.
You can’t have too much mindfulness, because the opposite is mindlessness.
And we spend enough of our lives disconnected already.
So, this new season for me isn’t about doing more.
It’s about going deeper.
Living what I teach.
Being what I talk about, not just understanding it.
From nervous system regulation, to mindfulness, to living the path.
That’s where I am right now, learning to live my teachings instead of performing them.
💭 What about you?
What would it look like for you to live what you already know, instead of just practising it?