09/12/2025
7 Day Self-Love Challenge
Day 1 🫶
The first day you begin showing up in new ways that change your state. Not once, not when you feel good, but daily, no matter your weather.
This is what self-love really is…
Choosing YOU even on the days you feel like s**t.
Choosing to steady yourself when everything inside feels chaotic.
Choosing to practice even when your mind tells you not to bother.
🚗 Today you’re having your first “driving lesson.”
How to drive your own nervous system.
Imagine up until now, you’ve been a passenger.
And when you’re in a car with someone driving really dangerously, your whole body tightens, your breath gets shallow, your heart races.
That’s what your nervous system has been doing… reacting, panicking, bracing, swerving. Doing its job of protecting it’s you from danger and being chased by lions.
Except there are no lions anymore, and most of the time, you are completely safe.
So...imagine you’re driving smoothly, tunes on, feeling okay or even good…
Then life happens:
A deer jumps out in the road, sudden brakes slam on.
Someone behind you beeps and hurls abuse, jolt, fear, anxiety...
Someone cuts in front of you, you need to react quickly.
A tight corner appears, you need to slow down, ease of the accelerator, steer round the bend.
This is your day and these are your triggers which are your beautiful teachers.
And today we begin practicing how to move through them with more ease, shifting gears smoothly, going between the brake, clutch, and accelerator without panic, even when your body thinks danger is everywhere.
Here’s how you start taking back the driving seat.
1. 528 Breathwork “Reset Breaths” Throughout the Day
Inhale for 5
Hold for 2
Exhale for 8
Do 5 to 10 rounds anytime you feel your chest tighten or your thoughts speed up.
Long exhale is and instant signal of safety.
2. Vagus Nerve “Humming & Toning”
Do this anytime you need grounding or just practice throughout your day.
Place a hand on your chest, inhale through your nose and hum on the exhale.
Feel the vibration in your face, throat, and chest.
This switches your body out of fight-or-flight.
3. Orienting
When you feel overwhelmed, pause, look around the room, name 3 things you can see.
This tells your brain, I am here, I am safe.
4. Breath into the Belly
Your nervous system listens to where you breathe. Shallow chest breath = danger.
Slow belly breath = safety.
These are tiny practices but done daily, they are how you begin retraining your system.
So today, as life throws its sudden brakes, its ass holes beeping behind you…
Practice shifting gears with awareness.
Practice breathing instead of bracing.
Practice choosing softness over spiralling.
Just notice what happens.
Your anxiety, your fear, the negative self-talk.
They all start losing control as you begin taking it back...
Are you in? Write in the comments 👇
