Your Body Doesn’t Want to Rush Through This

I keep having to remind myself that I am not just a brain.
That I am not a machine.
That I am not built to process a collapsing world at high speed while still answering emails, showing up for people, and keeping my voice steady.

There’s this pull to push through it all.
To go faster. To fix something. To figure it out already.
But my body always tells the truth before I do.

And lately, what it’s saying is: slow down.
Not everything that feels urgent actually is.
Not everything that feels heavy needs to be carried all at once.

My shoulders hunch when I ignore that voice.
My breath gets shallow.
My sleep feels like I’m bracing for something in the dark.

But when I stop—even for just a minute—something softens.
It’s not always peace. Sometimes it’s tears. Or exhaustion.
Sometimes it’s that deep ache of being too aware of everything.

But even that is a kind of healing.

Your body doesn’t want to rush through this.
It wants to move through it honestly.
It wants to be held in the slowness.
It wants to be met with compassion, not control.

So this is your reminder that it’s okay to move slower than the world wants you to.
It’s okay to take longer to reply.
It’s okay to take longer to heal.
It’s okay to take longer to wake up, to get clear, to come back to yourself.

You’re not behind.
You’re listening.

And that’s a kind of power no one can take from you.

With deep care,
Dee