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We were born for alignment. The world keeps pushing productivity. 💭I’ve been in these incredible rooms this week - high-...
21/09/2025

We were born for alignment. The world keeps pushing productivity. đź’­

I’ve been in these incredible rooms this week - high-level conversations, intense energy, brilliant minds everywhere.

But here’s what I keep noticing: everyone’s obsessing over doing MORE. More meetings, faster decisions, higher numbers. But nobody’s asking - are we actually aligned with what serves us?

I spent years chasing productivity. Optimizing everything, tracking habits, measuring it all. And I was miserable. Burnt out. My nervous system was completely hijacked by this idea that busy = successful.

Here’s the thing: you can crush every goal and still feel empty. You can be incredibly productive and still burn out. You can move fast and still create chaos instead of real change.

The shift happened when I stopped asking “How can I do more?” and started asking “What does alignment feel like in my body?”

When your nervous system is regulated, when you’re operating from your center, you don’t need to force things. The right opportunities show up. The right conversations happen. The right decisions become obvious.

I see this with my clients constantly. The moment they stop trying to optimize productivity and focus on nervous system regulation instead? Everything flows differently.

What would happen if you optimized for how things FEEL instead of how much you GET DONE?

Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is... nothing. Just breathe. Just be. Just align.

A. Is 43, a professional chef, and a mum to two young daughters when her world collapsed.“Psoriatic arthritis. No soluti...
17/09/2025

A. Is 43, a professional chef, and a mum to two young daughters when her world collapsed.

“Psoriatic arthritis. No solution. Just pain management. You should probably get a walking stick soon.”

The rheumatologist delivered her “dead-end diagnosis” like a life sentence. Amanda sat in her car afterward, crying - not just for herself, but for her girls. How do you chase your children around the playground when you can barely walk?

When she came to me, she’d already surrendered. “This is my destiny,” she whispered. “I’m going to be the mum who watches from the sidelines. I’m ready to accept that.”

Here was a chef - someone who understood food intimately - yet her own body felt like a stranger. Overweight, exhausted, in constant pain. The fight had completely left her.

But what if that diagnosis wasn’t a dead end? What if it was actually a wake-up call?

Session after session, we worked together. Not just on nutrition, but on her core belief: “I am healthy and safe in my body.”

At first, she could barely say those words. Then slowly, tentatively, she started believing them.

She began with 2-mile walks. Then longer walks. Then jogging. Her confidence grew with every single step.

Less than three months later, my phone buzzed with a photo - Amanda at the finish of her morning 5K run. EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

“My daughters don’t remember the mum who couldn’t play with them,” she told me. “They just know I’m the mum who runs every morning and has energy for everything they throw at me. I finally believe I am healthy and safe in my body - and my body believes it too.”

Amanda’s “dead-end diagnosis” became her greatest wake-up call. She didn’t just avoid that walking stick - she discovered what was truly possible when you refuse to accept limitations.

Your diagnosis is not your destiny. Your body is not your enemy.

You are healthy and safe in your body. đź’Ş

What wake-up call is your body trying to give you right now?

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