Hello and welcome.
We're going to go ahead and start with a nice deep breath in and out.
Find a comfortable place to rest,
To just be.
You can close your eyes if that feels safe.
Let your hands be soft.
Let your jaw unclench.
Let those shoulders relax.
Breathe in and release.
There is nowhere you need to be right now.
Nothing you need to fix.
You just need to be here.
That is enough.
One more slow breath in and exhale.
I want to read you something.
It's a letter written to someone I know very well.
Someone who carried so much.
Who held it together when everything was falling apart.
Who smiled when she was breaking.
Who kept going when she had every reason to stop.
This letter is for her.
And I have a feeling it might be for you too.
I see you.
I see the weight you were carrying that nobody else could see.
I see the mornings you got up anyway.
The nights you cried alone so no one else would worry.
The version of yourself you kept hidden.
The one who was exhausted,
Confused,
And quietly asking,
Is this all there is?
I want you to know something.
You were never too much.
You were never the problem.
You were a woman doing the best she could with what she had been given.
And some of what you were given was never yours to carry.
The shame wasn't yours.
The pain that was handed down.
The story someone else wrote about who you were supposed to be.
You can put it down now.
Take a nice deep breath in.
And as you exhale,
Let something go.
I know the valley was dark.
I know there were moments you didn't think you were going to make it.
But here is what I need you to hear.
You made it.
You are still here.
And still here is everything.
Nice deep breath in.
And exhale,
Letting those shoulders soften chest a little bit more.
The woman you are becoming is not the woman who was broken.
She is the woman who was broken and chose to heal anyway.
That is not weakness.
That is the bravest thing a human being can do.
You don't have to have it all figured out.
You don't have to be finished.
You just have to take one more teaspoon.
One small step.
One small step.
Honest breath.
One gentle choice.
Breathe in and out.
Wherever you are right now.
In your car.
In your bedroom.
In the quiet between moments.
I want you to know you are not alone.
You have never been alone.
And the pain stops here.
Not because life suddenly gets easy.
But because you decided.
You decided that you are worth healing.
You decided to show up for yourself today.
And that decision,
That is where everything begins.
Breathe in slowly.
Hold.
And release.
Take your time coming back.
When you're ready,
Go ahead and gently open your eyes.
Roll your shoulders a little bit.
Maybe roll your neck.
Wiggle your fingers and toes.
And carry this with you.
One teaspoon at a time.
Have a beautiful day,
Sweet soul.
And come back anytime you need this reminder.
