Story #93 - Under the Willow

There’s a kind of wisdom that doesn’t announce itself.It doesn’t arrive in the form of a five-step plan or a TED Talk voice.It arrives slowly — in stillness. In the breath you didn’t know you were holding.In the soft return to a body you forgot how to trust.

That’s what this story holds.Not a lesson. Not a formula. Just a quiet unfolding.

Catherine Crestani has walked the long road of returning to herself. Not in a loud, dramatic way — but in a way that feels like rooting.Her presence is medicine. Not because she’s trying to heal you, but because she’s made a practice of honoring her own healing — and letting that ripple outward.

If you’ve ever felt the ache of burnout, the dissonance of performing calm while feeling chaos, or the yearning for a slower, truer life…This one is for you.

A soft reminder:You don’t have to be fixed.You just have to come home.

If this resonates, share it with someone else who might need to be reminded that their softness is not a weakness it’s the start of healing.

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