Living in Survival Mode and Learning How to Exhale Again | 179

Most people think stress is about what’s happening right now. Their schedule, their workload, their kids, their health symptoms. But your body is not only responding to the present moment. Your nervous system is responding through a lens that was formed a very long time ago.

Between the ages of zero and twelve, your subconscious was learning what was safe. What strength looked like. What you were supposed to do with pain. Who you were allowed to trust with your body. And most of us have never been taught to look back at that. We just assume stress is something we need to manage better.

So I want you to pause for a minute and reflect. What was the narration around health and wellness in your home when you were a child. What happened when someone was sick. Was the message to push through. To wait it out. To toughen up. Was the message that doctors know best and questioning them is irresponsible. Was your body something you learned to listen to, or something you learned to override.

This is not about fixing yourself. It is about understanding why your body has been doing exactly what it has been doing. And choosing to support it differently.

For yourself. And for the generation growing up inside your nervous system.

You are doing beautiful things and I am so proud of you.

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Sending love and wellness from my family yours,
xx - Juniper Bennett
Founder of ōNLē ORGANICS