01/07/2025
We've been sold the idea that if we just try hard enough, breathe more deeply, move more in our bodies, journal morning and night, meditate daily, we can regulate our emotions all on our own.
But here's the truth, we are biologically hard wired for connection. From the moment we are born, our nervous systems learn to regulate through the presence of others, this is called co-regulation. The way our bodies and brains settle when we feel seen, safe and supported with someone else and when we know that others are also experiencing safety, support and security is one of the biggest factors for positive health and wellbeing.
We are not designed to do it all alone, we never have been and we never will be. So if you're moving, shaking, tapping, releasing, resting, breathing, journaling, meditating and you still feel s**t, know that you're not failing but it's a cue for connection.
Lean into others, move towards communities, get offline and go outside, make eye contact, smile at the bus driver, offer your seat to someone, play peakaboo with the babies, put your map away and ask for directions, sit closer on the sofa, have a chat with a stranger.m, go to the yoga studio.
Let's normalise needing each other, let's normalise and emphasise connection with others rather than just to ourselves.
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