“Your neck still just isn’t extending like I’d like to see it extend. It’s like it’s resisting. And that makes me wonder if YOU are resisting something? If God is maybe asking you to release something and rest in Him?”
Staring at an Xray, teary-eyed and full of conviction, my dear chiropractor spoke these words to me as she evaluated my progress over the past few months of her care. She felt compelled to bring this resistance in my neck to my attention because she saw it as a reflection of a potentially bigger need my body, mind, or spirit is projecting in this particular, physical way.
What my chiropractor didn’t necessarily know is that I’ve had some really hard days lately. These days were tough physically, but also definitely mentally and emotionally too. We KNOW these components of ourselves are all related & crucial to deal with to further our healing. We can’t ignore any of them and expect to move forward in healing. We can't just stare at the holes where the missing pieces should go and accept the puzzle as "good enough." Our body keeps the score. The incomplete puzzle can't go back in the box that way. It also can't be deemed "finished." The limbo is the leveling up point if we allow it to be. If we don’t see it ourselves, someone dear to us who God has placed there as our healing guide and "prophet" will be made aware and speak healing truth over us in love.
I recently offered some of my biggest tips for tackling these tough days & times along the journey. I’ll outline my best tips here for you, and if you’d like to dive into them a little deeper, I invite you to jump into Lyme-y & Crunchy and catch the video I did there ALL about the ins and outs of these 6 tricks for taking tough days and letting them lead to your level up.
Grace. You MUST honor your body and yourself and your healing.
Take care of your body and physical self. Even if HARD, do the things (to the best of your ability, with grace!) that can move the needle on furthering your healing. Don’t halt healing just because it’s hard.
Phone a friend. Even if you don’t want to. Know “your people” and tap into them.
Get outside. Nature is healing!
Use essential oils. They can act as a therapeutic agent AND a great reset for body, mind, & spirit because of their unique properties. **I’m talking QUALITY oils here. If you don’t know what that looks like, PLEASE ask or you risk harming yourself. <3
Have some “go to” mindset resets. This is shockingly helpful AND imperative for fighting back against the worst in your own head.
I have many ideas about executing these steps in the video I did about this topic in Lyme-y & Crunchy. Which ones are speaking to you right now? Know that I’ll be joining you in exercising all of these while I work on listening to my body and the wisdom of those with a front row seat to my healing journey. There is no rush. Only forward movement, one step at a time, as I embrace my healing and all of its ups & downs.
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