This is beautiful, Clara. What you've written about has been such a wild, and raw discovery. I have this look and flabby skin and as a competitive runner pre baby, I thought I "should" want to get right back to running. I tried once and it didn't feel physically, mentally, or emotionally good (for the first time ever!). Yet, there was this little devil on my shoulder saying, "Leigh, this is what you do, get back to it. You run, it makes you happy." In reality, in the "soul of this dimension", I'm actually perfectly happy not doing ANYTHING still. I want to be close to Alder and to his dad, live actively with walking and being outside, and that's really it. The hardest part is telling myself that that's perfect, and that's beautiful.
Learning to listen to my body and its needs has been a difficult journey in training my brain to unlearn what it has been taught most of my life. I honor your journey and feel validation from your words. Thank you ♡
This is beautiful, Clara. What you've written about has been such a wild, and raw discovery. I have this look and flabby skin and as a competitive runner pre baby, I thought I "should" want to get right back to running. I tried once and it didn't feel physically, mentally, or emotionally good (for the first time ever!). Yet, there was this little devil on my shoulder saying, "Leigh, this is what you do, get back to it. You run, it makes you happy." In reality, in the "soul of this dimension", I'm actually perfectly happy not doing ANYTHING still. I want to be close to Alder and to his dad, live actively with walking and being outside, and that's really it. The hardest part is telling myself that that's perfect, and that's beautiful.
Thank you for writing this beautiful piec
Thank you for reading it my Leigh Leigh.. I love hearing how it spoke to you. It’s a radical thing to trust and listen to our bodies.
Learning to listen to my body and its needs has been a difficult journey in training my brain to unlearn what it has been taught most of my life. I honor your journey and feel validation from your words. Thank you ♡
It is revolutionary work