09/28/2025
āDo You Have a Governor?ā
Ever notice how, just when youāre about to let yourself run, something invisible inside you slams the brakes? Thatās your governor. The part of you built for safety, for ānot too much, not too fast,ā for ādonāt get ahead of yourself.ā Sometimes itās a voice, sometimes itās a grip in your body, sometimes itās an old story about who youāre allowed to be.
This morning, I caught mine. Just as I was feeling the most free Iāve felt in weeks, I could sense that part of me wanting to clamp downāto put a speed limit on my joy, my creativity, my expansion. So I did what my kid-self would do: I lay back, put my hands on my body, and listened. And the stories, the heat, the old ākeep it smallā codes, all started to surface.
But hereās the thing: Noticing your governor isnāt about shaming it. Itās about learning its languageāunderstanding why itās there, what itās protecting, and then teaching it that itās okay to let go. Itās safe to be fast, to be wild, to be too much.
So today, Iām asking:
Where is your governor? What story does it tell you? And what would it feel like to unhook, just a little, and let yourself go full throttle, even for a minute?
Iām letting myself play, letting myself feel. The governor can stay if it needs to, but Iām not letting it run the show anymore.