05-23-2026

Hey friends 🤍

The past couple of weeks humbled me.

I got sick. The kind that lingers in your throat, settles into your chest, and slowly drains your energy. The kind where you think you’re getting better, so you try to return to your normal rhythm, and your body firmly says, not yet.

But it wasn’t just physical.

There were a couple of days that felt heavy in a way that was hard to explain. Not dramatic or chaotic, just dense.

My mind filled with thoughts that didn’t even feel like mine. Old narratives, old fears, old identities trying to reintroduce themselves.

And what stood out most was this:

Even with all the awareness, even with all the work, there were moments where I couldn’t immediately shift it.

That can feel disorienting when you understand your patterns and you’ve done the work to change them.

But here’s what landed for me in the middle of it.

This is part of the work.

Not the polished version. Not the version where everything is integrated and you never revisit old territory again. The real version.

Because when your system is taxed, physically, emotionally, or energetically, it will default to what’s most familiar. Not because you’ve failed, but because those pathways still exist.

And they do not usually surface when everything feels calm and aligned.
They surface when:

• you are exhausted
• your body is run down
• your nervous system is more open and less defended
• life naturally slows you down

This is where many people get tripped up.

A moment like this happens and the mind quickly moves to:

• I thought I already worked through this
• Why am I back here again
• Did I lose all my progress

But what if you are not back at the beginning? What if you are simply meeting a deeper layer?

I think of it like this. You have been pouring clean water into your system through awareness, intention, and new choices. But at the bottom of the cup, there is still a small layer that has not yet moved.

Every once in a while, life shakes the cup.

Not to undo your progress. Not to punish you.
But to bring what is left to the surface so it can finally be seen and released.

And yes, sometimes that looks like:

• intrusive or looping thoughts
• emotional heaviness
• feeling disconnected from yourself
• questioning your clarity or direction

None of that means you are off track. It means your system is asking for something different.

Not more effort. Not more fixing, but more presence.

This is the heart of (re)parenting.

• Can you stay with yourself when your mind gets loud?
• Can you stay with yourself when your body is tired?
• Can you stay with yourself when old programming tries to speak again?

Because the goal is not to eliminate these moments. The goal is to change how you relate to them it's to recognize that this is not who I am. This is something moving through me.

Meet yourself there without urgency, without panic, without creating a story that something has gone wrong. But instead meet yourself with:

• Awareness
• Breath
• Trust
• Steadiness

If you are in a season like this right now, mentally, physically, or emotionally, There is nothing wrong with you. You are simply integrating and healing deeper layers.

Integration does not always feel expansive or clear. Sometimes it feels slow. Sometimes it feels uncomfortable. Sometimes it feels like everything you thought you had already handled is asking for one more layer of honesty.

So here is something to sit with this week:

Q: When something rises up in you, can you see it as something leaving, instead of something returning?

With you in it

📩 Email:[email protected]

🎙️ Podcast: (re)Parenting Radio​

​Unsubscribe · Preferences · 113 Cherry St #92768, Seattle, WA 98104-2205