15/09/2025
Sometimes the bravest thing we can do is step back.
Not because we donāt care, not because weāre burying our heads in the sand, but because we recognise that what we take in every day shapes who we are, how we show up, and what we pour back into the world.
Right now, the world feels like itās on fire. There is so much noise, so much us versus them, so much fear masquerading as strength. I understand why. When people feel unsafe, they cling to whatever makes them feel like theyāre protecting their families, their future, their identity. But when that protection becomes conditional,when love, safety, and humanity are only extended to some: it creates more division and less safety for all.
I understand this deeply. Not because of a news story, but because I have physically lived it. And I know Iām not the only one. Many of us are walking around with heightened fear right now. And I want to be sensitive to that: your fear, my fear, our collective grief.
But hereās what I also know: hate, the power hungry, the morally flexible, and the empathyless are at the root of whatās burning the world. And me staying plugged into every opinion, every fight, every headline doesnāt help me, and it doesnāt help you. It just keeps me from doing the work I can do.
So Iām taking a sabbatical from social media. A detox. A conscious step back from the bait and the noise, so I can step deeper into peace, joy, and the healing work I know Iām here to do.
When I truly check in with my day-to-day life it is safe, happy, and full of love, empathy, contentment and peace but this last few weeks my nervous system would tell a very different story because its been scared. When I donāt consume the chaos, it remembers..
Because the best way I can serve you, my clients, and the people I love is not by being consumed by opinions, but by creating safe spaces, by showing up grounded, by helping in the ways I can.
I want to reassure my clients this doesnāt mean Iām disappearing. Iām still here for you, fully present in our work. What Iām stepping away from is the constant drip-feed of division that doesnāt serve any of us.
And maybe this is an invitation for you too. To notice how the things you consume online shape your nervous system, your sense of safety, your ability to feel joy. To give yourself permission to step back into your lived life when needed and away from the headlines, and remember: turning towards peace is not weakness, itās wisdom.
This isnāt me turning away from the world. This is me turning towards the parts of it I can nurture. Because love, empathy, and safety are not resources we should ration
They are the very things we need to multiply.
So for now, Iāll be quieter here. But Iāll still be here, in my work, in my heart, in my commitment to humanity.
With love, always.
Jade ###
JMS Wellbeing Centre