05/07/2026
🌿 Therapy Thursday 🌿
Your Body Keeps Score - literally!
Your fascia and nervous system are deeply connected, which means that your body will hold on to emotions and stress causing aches, pains, fatigue, etc…
And until you address those Issues, your body will remain In a stressed state of being
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A little story…
About 20 years ago, if you would’ve asked me how I was doing…
I probably would’ve said:
👉 “I’m fine.”
Meanwhile my body was screaming otherwise.
At the time, I was navigating a divorce from an abusive relationship while also learning how to become a single parent.
And physically?
• My body was falling apart.
• I was gaining weight like crazy while not even eating 3 meals a day.
• The daily pain levels I lived with were honestly around a 9 most days.
• Everything hurt.
• My nervous system was exhausted.
• My body stayed tense & stressed out constantly.
And what I didn’t fully understand yet was this:
✨ The body remembers what the mind tries to survive. ✨
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📖 A quote from the book “The Body Keeps the Score” -
“Being able to feel safe with other people is probably the single most important aspect of mental health.”
Because when your body has lived in survival mode for too long…
your nervous system starts acting like stress is normal- and It keeps you that way as your ‘new normal functioning’ way of living.
And eventually that stress starts showing up physically:
👉 tight shoulders
👉 jaw clenching
👉 headaches
👉 hip pain
👉 fatigue
👉 digestive issues
👉 chronic tightness
👉 inflammation
👉 feeling “stuck”
Your fascia and nervous system are deeply connected.
Fascia literally surrounds EVERYTHING in the body:
muscles, organs, nerves, joints.
When the nervous system stays stuck in fight-or-flight stressed out mode long term…
your body stays guarded.
Tight.
Protective.
And over time, those emotional stress patterns can absolutely show up as chronic pain and tension patterns in the body.
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But healing through that time wasn’t just ONE thing for me….
It was:
✔️ psychotherapy
✔️ massage/bodywork
✔️ meditation
✔️ movement/exercise
✔️ breathwork
✔️ gratitude practices
✔️ learning how to feel safe in my own body again
And no… it wasn’t easy.
But it WAS worth it.
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📚 Another quote I love is from Atomic Habits:
“Every action you take is a vote for the person you wish to become.”
🪜Tiny steps still matter.
🔸Small healing moments still matter.
🙂Choosing yourself still matters.
So if your body has been hurting lately…
Please don’t ignore the possibility that stress, burnout, emotional overload, or unresolved trauma may also be part of the picture.
Sometimes the body is asking for more than just “pushing through.”
Sometimes it’s asking for rest.
For safety.
For softness.
For healing.
And sometimes…
that healing journey starts with simply allowing yourself to slow down long enough to listen 💙💚🧡
