Life Coach at1withnature

12/03/2025

I Look Like My Life - The Body Keeps the Story

Our bodies remember what our minds try to forget.

Every muscle that tenses without permission, every breath that stops halfway, every ache that lingers long after the storm has passed:
- It’s not betrayal.
- It’s memory.

The body keeps the story.

It remembers the sleepless nights, the silences, the words that never came. It remembers what it had to hold before we knew how to release. It remembers protection long after the danger is gone.

That’s why healing doesn’t happen through logic. It happens through listening.

Because the body doesn’t speak a language like English.

It speaks sensation, tension, heartbeat, temperature, emotions, breath.

It speaks in how we stand when we’re safe versus how we fold when we’re not.

When your nervous system is in survival, the body shortens its sentences.
- You breathe shallow.
- Your shoulders curl forward.
- Your eyes scan instead of see.
- The world feels like a problem to solve instead of a place to belong.

When your body feels safe, everything lengthens.
- The breath deepens.
- Your posture opens.
- The eyes soften.
- You start to see again, color, possibility, people.

That’s what regulation looks like. Not perfection. Not enlightenment. Just the body remembering it’s allowed to live here.

Like nature, the body moves through its own seasons.
- Spring brings renewal: tissues repair, breath expands.
- Summer brings expression: the voice grows louder, confidence returns.
- Autumn brings release: old patterns shed like leaves.
- Winter brings rest: the deep cellular exhale we’ve been postponing.

When we stop forcing healing to look linear and start letting it be seasonal, the body finally catches up to the truth.

It was never broken. Just waiting for the right timing.

Every scar, physical or emotional, is evidence of survival.

It’s not something to hide. It’s something to understand.

Scars tell us: you made it through. Stretch marks, wrinkles, tension lines, they’re topography, not flaws. Maps of a human who lived, learned, and kept showing up.

The body doesn’t age. It remembers.

If your body could tell its truth today, without fear, without filters, what story would it finally release?

12/02/2025

I Look Like My Life - Not my Years

We love to have opinions about how others should look.

Too old. Too young. Too bold. Too plain.

Too polished to be “authentic.” Too casual to be “professional.” Too this. Too that.

We’ve created a culture obsessed with appearances, not because we care about people, but because we’ve forgotten how to see them.

Here’s what I’ve realized:
- I don’t look like my age, gender, or income.
- I look like my experience.
- I look like every sunrise I’ve watched barefoot in the grass.
- Like every sleepless night that taught me peace.
- Like the years I unlearned hustle and remembered rhythm.
- I look like the nervous system I’ve rebuilt, calm, grounded, alive.
- I look like the seasons I’ve lived through.

That’s what presence does: it imprints on your face, your voice, your energy.

And if you’ve been paying attention to life, really paying attention, it shows.
- Not in wrinkles or gray hair, but in softness.
- Not in perfect posture, but in peace.

So no, I don’t “look my age.”

I look like my aliveness.

If that makes people uncomfortable, good.

Maybe it’s time we all start redefining what looking “right” actually means.

The truth is, we don’t wear our years, we wear our awareness.

And that kind of beauty never expires.

What do you look like right now, not by age or expectation, but by the life you’ve lived and the lessons you’ve embodied?

11/29/2025

When we are stuck in our head we miss the world around us.

I heard something today that stopped me in my tracks:

“When you’re inside the jar, you can’t see the label.”

And honestly?
It explains half of the stress, confusion, and overwhelm most people live with.

When you’re stuck in your head,
stuck in survival mode,
stuck in overthinking,
stuck in old patterns you didn’t choose…

You can’t see what’s actually happening around you.
You can’t see how far you’ve come.
You can’t see the support that’s right beside you.
You can’t see the opportunities your nervous system won’t let you feel safe enough to receive.

You’re too close to your own thoughts to recognize your own truth.

And that’s the tricky part:

You can’t read the label from the inside.
But everyone else can.
Your friends. Your coworkers. Your partner. Your body.
Your nervous system has been trying to tell you for years.
Winter tries to tell you too, if you slow down long enough to listen.

When you’re stuck in your head,
life doesn’t stop
you just stop participating in it.
You freeze.
You loop.
You miss the present moment because you’re fighting ghosts from the past or anxieties about the future.

Life happens around you
instead of with you.

And this is why regulation isn’t just “self-care”
it’s how you climb out of the jar.
It’s how you finally see the label.
It’s how you step out of your mind and back into your life.

Winter is the perfect time for this kind of truth.
Everything slows down.
Everything becomes quiet enough for you to realize how loud your head has been.

Step outside the jar.
Look at your life from a little distance.
You might be surprised by what you finally see.

11/22/2025

Illness starts with “I.” Wellness starts with “We.”

We don’t talk about this enough: “From I to We”

Read that again. Illness starts with “I.” Wellness starts with “We.”

Most people want to heal in isolation, powering through stress, hiding their exhaustion, pretending they’re “fine” while their nervous system is quietly waving a white flag.

But the body knows the difference between being alone and being supported.

It knows when you’re carrying everything by yourself.

It knows when you don’t feel safe to exhale.

It knows when you’re performing instead of belonging.

And it also knows instantly when connection enters the room.

Because the moment we shift from I to we, everything changes:
- Your breath gets deeper.
- Your shoulders soften.
- Your mind stops spiraling.
- Your energy stops leaking.
- Your system stops bracing for impact.

Healing is not a solo sport.
- Humans were never designed to regulate in isolation.
- We heal in community.
- We grow in relationship.
- We thrive in belonging.

If you’ve been trying to “fix” your life alone, there’s nothing wrong with you, you’re just missing the we your nervous system has been waiting for.

This is your reminder:
- Your tribe is medicine.
- Connection is regulation.
- Belonging is the real wellness plan.

11/20/2025

Authenticity isn’t always calm… sometimes it’s chaotic, silly, and absolutely perfect.

Sometimes We Just Need a Little Chaos (The Good Kind)

We talk a lot about stillness, reflection, nervous system regulation…
but let’s not forget something important:

Being authentic also means having fun.
Real fun.
The kind you don’t plan.
The kind that makes you laugh at yourself.
The kind where you stop trying to look composed and just live.

Sometimes in the seasons especially between autumn and winter you’ve got to shake up the energy.
Break the seriousness.
Get a little crazy.
Let your face be expressive.
Let joy be weird and real and unfiltered.

Life is not meant to be held together like a perfectly folded blanket.
It’s meant to be felt.
Experienced.
Played with.

If authenticity is the truth of who you are,
then joy is the proof you’re actually living it.

So yes, inner work, reflection, deep regulation…
but also this:
letting yourself be a whole human who enjoys the moment.

Because in a world obsessed with “looking put together,”
sometimes the most real thing you can do
is smile big, laugh loud, and not take yourself so seriously.

11/20/2025

The Patience Economy

The loudest people online aren’t always the ones creating impact. They’re just the ones who can’t sit in silence.

Everyone’s chasing speed, growth hacks, quick wins, overnight results.

The nervous system doesn’t care about your metrics. It cares about safety.

Patience isn’t a lack of ambition. It’s the biology of trust. It’s the deep exhale that tells your body, “I don’t need to force this.”

The best things
The real things
Don’t arrive through pressure.

They arrive when you’re calm enough to hold them.

In business, in healing, in love, relationships, the outcome always matches your state.

Rush it, and you’ll attract chaos. Regulate, and you’ll attract what’s ready.

This is The Patience Economy:
- Where calm is currency, trust is traction, and timing beats tactics.

You can’t out-market your nervous system.

People feel when you’re gripping.

They also feel when you’re grounded.

Breathe. Wait. Stay steady.

The world doesn’t need more noise. It needs leaders whose biology can hold peace longer than panic.

11/16/2025

WE make ourselves sick or healthy every single day.

We talk about the water experiments like they’re some cool thing “out there.”
Speak kindness → beautiful crystals.
Speak negativity → chaotic fragments.

But most people never make the connection:
- You’re doing this inside your body every single day.
- You’re over 70% water.
- Your thoughts are the vibration.
- Your words are the frequency.
- Your body is the glass.

So if you constantly criticize yourself, judge yourself, drag yourself…

you’re basically creating the distorted crystal over and over again.

I think regularly about the “glass of water” people create inside themselves…

especially when they’re living with a diagnosis, struggling with their appearance, or whispering “I’m not enough” on repeat.

Every time you speak about your body like it’s broken…

Every time you repeat the story of your symptoms…

Every time you drag yourself for not looking a certain way… you’re shaping the water inside you.

And just like the experiment, the crystals form accordingly. Not because you deserve pain, but because your cells respond to the messages you feed them.

Imagine what would shift if the story changed.

If instead of “I’m sick,” you said, “My body is learning.” Instead of “I hate how I look,” you said, “I’m growing into myself.” Instead of “I’m not enough,” you said, “I’m becoming.”

Your water listens.

Your nervous system listens.

Your entire being listens.

You deserve to create a crystal that reflects love, not fear. And you have more power in that than you’ve ever been told.

ChristopherLove Eaddy

11/10/2025

Between the Earth and Sky

The last few weeks posts have been simple on purpose.

No gear. No workshop. No agenda. Just remembering how to be human again.

What’s emerging now is the space between the place where the breath meets the body, and the body meets the Earth and the sky. A nervous system reset.

When I breathe slowly, my nervous system listens. When I touch the ground, it stabilizes. When I look up, it expands.

That’s coherence, the natural conversation between the inner world and the outer one.

It’s not about escaping stress; it’s about recalibrating to the pace of nature.

The inhale belongs to the sky. The exhale belongs to the Earth. The nervous system sits quietly between them, translating.

Six weeks ago I started this rhythm. Now sleep is deeper, dreams more vivid, focus steadier.

Not because I “tried harder,” but because I finally stopped trying at all.

Leadership, healing, creativity they all start here:
- barefoot, breathing, and belonging to something larger.

11/09/2025

I Look Like My Life

We love to have opinions about how others should look.

Too old. Too young. Too bold. Too plain.
Too polished to be “authentic.” Too casual to be “professional.”
Too this. Too that.

We’ve created a culture obsessed with appearances not because we care about people, but because we’ve forgotten how to see them.

But here’s what I’ve realized:
I don’t look like my age, gender, or income.
I look like my experience.
I look like every sunrise I’ve watched barefoot in the grass.

Like every sleepless night that taught me peace.
Like the years I unlearned hustle and remembered rhythm.

I look like the nervous system I’ve rebuilt, calm, grounded, alive.
I look like the seasons I’ve lived through.

Because that’s what presence does: it imprints on your face, your voice, your energy.

And if you’ve been paying attention to life, really paying attention it shows.

Not in wrinkles or gray hair, but in softness.
Not in perfect posture, but in peace.
So no, I don’t “look my age.”
I look like my aliveness.

And if that makes people uncomfortable, good.
Maybe it’s time we all start redefining what looking “right” actually means.

Because the truth is, we don’t wear our years, we wear our awareness.
And that kind of beauty never expires.

11/07/2025

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11/07/2025

The Free Nervous System Reset

Six Weeks of Sky and Bare Feet

Six weeks ago, I added something new to my daily rhythm. No app. No subscription. Just bare feet on the ground and eyes on the sky.

Every day at dawn, daylight, dusk, or night, I stepped outside, grounded my feet, and looked up.

At first, nothing obvious happened. But around the third week, things began to shift. My sleep deepened. Dreams grew vivid. My mind felt clearer.

My nervous system finally exhaled.

Here’s what’s fascinating from the biology side.

Light hitting the eyes at natural times resets the brain’s internal clock.

Barefoot contact floods the nervous system with sensory feedback, strengthening vagal tone and balance.

Together, they pull the body out of constant alert and back into coherence. No event ticket required. No “five-step method.”

Just contact with what’s real: Earth below, sky above, nervous system in between.

It reminded me that regulation doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive.

The most advanced technology we own is still our own body and it’s calibrated to nature, not to external Wi-Fi.

Six weeks. Zero dollars.

A calmer mind, steadier sleep, and a nervous system that finally trusts the world again.

Sometimes the biggest reset is the simplest one.
- Stand barefoot.
- Look up.
- Breathe.

11/06/2025

The Free Reset

Six weeks ago, I added something new to my daily rhythm.
No app. No subscription. Just bare feet on the ground and eyes on the sky.

Every day—dawn, daylight, dusk, or night—I stepped outside, grounded my feet, and looked up. At first, nothing obvious happened. But around the third week, things began to shift.

My sleep deepened.
Dreams grew vivid.
My mind felt clearer.
It was as if my nervous system finally exhaled.

Here’s what’s fascinating from the biology side: Light hitting the eyes at natural times resets the brain’s internal clock.

Barefoot contact floods the nervous system with sensory feedback, strengthening vagal tone and balance.

Together, they pull the body out of constant alert and back into coherence.

No event ticket required.
No “five-step method.”
Just contact with what’s real: Earth below, sky above, nervous system in between.

It reminded me that regulation doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive.
The most advanced technology we own is still our own body—and it’s calibrated to nature, not to Wi-Fi.

Six weeks. Zero dollars.
A calmer mind, steadier sleep, and a nervous system that finally trusts the world again.

Sometimes the biggest reset is the simplest one.
Stand barefoot.
Look up.
Breathe.