🪻Not Every Thought Is The Truth🪻

SoulShiners,

I’ve got about 5 weeks left until I finish my degree (!!), and we’ve been digging deep into nervous system work - what it means to be regulated, what it feels like to be dysregulated, and how we find our way back.

I’m not kidding when I say I’m fascinated - like, I’m fully intrigued by this.

And of course, when you start learning this stuff, you start seeing it everywhere - especially in yourself.

The past couple of weeks, I’ve had a few moments where my ego took a little hit. Nothing major, but enough where I could feel my identity get challenged a bit. How I see myself, my sense of worth, all of that.

And instead of brushing it off, I got curious.

Here’s what my AMAZING therapist said, and it’s really been challenging me to think:

Sometimes we take bits of information - things that feel hard, or that we already worry about - and we start building a story around them.

We shape the situation to fit the narrative.

So if somewhere in the background there’s a quiet thought like “I’m not enough” or “I’m not worthy,” the brain goes to work finding little pieces of evidence to support it. Not because it’s true, but because the brain likes a consistent story.

Boom!

This made me realize those moments that sting or knock you off your game for a sec aren’t always telling the truth - they’re often just reinforcing an old pattern.

And this is where the nervous system piece comes in. When something challenges how we see ourselves, the body reacts first. There’s a shift. A little jolt. That feeling of being unsettled.

That’s not weakness. That’s awareness.

The work isn’t to never feel that.The work is to notice it - and not automatically believe the story that comes with it.

To pause. To question it. To come back to yourself.

Because your worth is not up for debate in every passing moment.

Anyway, this felt like a really important one to share.

The ego gets a bad rap. But sometimes it’s just pointing to something that’s ready to be seen - and maybe rewritten.

Move the body. Calm the mind. Stay steady.

Jode xo

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