09/30/2026
I had an interesting conversation with a client this week about stress.
The frustration was real.
They’ve been putting in the work.
Making changes.
Paying attention.
Trying to support their body.
And yet, it feels like they’re moving through mud.
Why isn’t this working?
Why am I not making more progress?
What am I doing wrong?
And I think this is where things can get tricky.
We experience a response in our body ◡ and then we become frustrated with the response itself.
⊹ We judge it.
⊹ We try to fix it.
⊹ We ask our body to hurry up and catch up.
But what if we paused long enough to get curious?
∼ What is my body responding to?
∼ What is it adapting to?
∼ What is this response trying to tell me?
Stress isn’t an identity.
It isn’t a label that defines you.
It’s a response from a body that is constantly taking in information and adapting to its environment.
That doesn’t mean every response is helpful—or that we shouldn’t seek support when we’re struggling.
But maybe we don’t have to fight our bodies in order to change them.
☀︎ Maybe we can start by listening.
Sometimes the shift begins when we stop asking,
“What’s wrong with me?”
and start asking,
“What’s happening here?” 🌿
