This aligns so much with what I'm trying to become more aware of in my own life. So many scripts have been handed to us as women, and we don't even realize it. Even the term self-care has been bandied about and it's become another thing on a to-do list. I love your use of the word sovereignty. It's so spot on!
Thanks, Alex, for the reminder that embodied care is so important in times of collective trauma. Safety is paramount. And when we can feel safety and have some agency over that, I believe we show up differently in a culture that does not know how to self-regulate.
This essay reinforces some changes I have been making to increase comforting care in my daily routines.
This aligns so much with what I'm trying to become more aware of in my own life. So many scripts have been handed to us as women, and we don't even realize it. Even the term self-care has been bandied about and it's become another thing on a to-do list. I love your use of the word sovereignty. It's so spot on!
Thanks, Alex, for the reminder that embodied care is so important in times of collective trauma. Safety is paramount. And when we can feel safety and have some agency over that, I believe we show up differently in a culture that does not know how to self-regulate.
Love this, Alex: comfort is a nervous system signal that says, “You can be here.” Just what I need.