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Our productivity doesn’t determine our worth.

Remember, what the nervous systems often needs is less.

“I deserve a slower and softer pace of life. Prioritizing rest is integral to my healing. I deserve so much more than constant cycles of depletion and burnout. I offer myself grace when overwhelm, stress, pressure, and burnout start to sink in. I am worthy even when I don’t overextend myself…I freely let myself unravel and feel…I deserve the compassion I so freely give to others.”

The systems we currently live under were never set up for us to thrive. Which is why reclaiming our care is the strongest path to liberating minds, bodies, and spirits. In a world that makes it challenging to switch off the constant activation of the sympathetic nervous system, saying no, releasing urgency, choosing yourself, prioritizing your needs, and honoring your right to rest, are contagious acts of resilience

“If you keep giving, people will just keep taking.” On overextending yourself

Take a moment to check in with yourself in the morning before you check in with the world.

“Practice moving slower. Slowing down is one of the key pathways to healing your nervous system.” Do your daily tasks a little more slowly and notice what happens.

“Gently release yourself from the shame of not being able to do it all.”

Be mindful of how often “trauma consumption” from media real or fiction

It takes time to de-program from urgency culture.

Increasing the margins in our days.

Exercises to calm your nervous system: supportive social engagement and social connection, trauma-sensitive breath work, walking, slowness and releasing urgency, time in nature, track experiences of awe and wonder, journaling, soothing self-compassion holds, meditation, stretching, yoga, nourishing meals, sleeping, emotional safety ritual, movements that brings you joy, creativity, and grounding practices.

“Doing less is medicine for your nervous system. Slowing down is medicine for your nervous system. Pacing yourself is medicine for your nervous system. Integration is...Being gentle with yourself is…Honoring your changing capacity…Tending to your needs is…Managing your energy instead of your time is…Self-compassion is…Rest is medicine for your nervous system.”