Speaker 1: Why do so many of us believe that we must
Speaker 1: control ourselves in order to be healed, improved, or worthy
Speaker 1: of love? Why were we taught the change only happens
Speaker 1: through pressure, discipline, and force, as if the body and
Speaker 1: the heart were enemies that must be conquered. My dear one,
Speaker 1: I want to sit with you gently in this question,
Speaker 1: because inside it lives a great misunderstanding, one that has
Speaker 1: caused so much unnecessary pain. For many years, I believed
Speaker 1: the same thing. I believed that if I was hard
Speaker 1: enough on myself, strict enough with myself, critical enough with myself,
Speaker 1: then I would finally become better, better behaved, better disciplined,
Speaker 1: better healed. And yet the more I pushed, the more
Speaker 1: my body resisted, the more I judged, the more my
Speaker 1: heart closed. And one day I realize something very simple
Speaker 1: and very profound. The body does not heal in an
Speaker 1: atmosphere of fear. It heals in an atmosphere of safety.
Speaker 1: So let me say this clearly, softly, lovingly, so your
Speaker 1: nervous system can hear it. You do not need to
Speaker 1: control yourself to heal. You need to care for yourself.
Speaker 1: Control titans care softens control says you are not good enough.
Speaker 1: Yet care says you are worthy of love right now,
Speaker 1: and the body responds very differently to those two messages.
Speaker 1: Many people confuse self control with strength. They believe that
Speaker 1: pushing through exhaustion is discipline, that ignoring emotions is maturity,
Speaker 1: that forcing themselves to comply is growth. But what I
Speaker 1: have seen again and again is that self control, rooted
Speaker 1: in judgem creates stress, and stress is one of the
Speaker 1: greatest blockers of healing. We know when you live under
Speaker 1: constant pressure, your nervous system stays alert, your muscles stay tense,
Speaker 1: your breath becomes shallow, and your body receives the message
Speaker 1: it is not safe to rest. Healing cannot happen there.
Speaker 1: Let us talk honestly about self control for a moment.
Speaker 1: Self control often comes from a place of fear. Fear
Speaker 1: of being lazy, fear of being left behind, fear of
Speaker 1: not being enough, fear of losing love. So we say
Speaker 1: things to ourselves like I have to fix this, I
Speaker 1: must stop feeling this, I need to be stricter, And
Speaker 1: every one of those thoughts sends a message of danger
Speaker 1: into the body. The body hears blame, not motivation. The
Speaker 1: body hears rejection, not improvement. Now, contrast that with self care.
Speaker 1: Self care does not begin with force. It begins with listening.
Speaker 1: It asks what do you need right now? Sometimes the
Speaker 1: answer is rest, Sometimes it is movement. Sometimes it is nourishment.
Speaker 1: Sometimes it is tears. Sometimes it is boundaries. And when
Speaker 1: you respond to yourself with respect instead of judgment, the
Speaker 1: body relaxes, the breath deepens, the nervous system shifts out
Speaker 1: of survival mode. This is where healing begins. I want
Speaker 1: you to understand something very important. Your body is not
Speaker 1: broken and it is not working against you. Your body
Speaker 1: has always been doing the best it can with the
Speaker 1: messages it receives from your thoughts, your beliefs, and your
Speaker 1: emotional environment. If the message has been fear, the body
Speaker 1: has tried to protect you. If the message has been criticized,
Speaker 1: the body has tried to brace itself. If the message
Speaker 1: has been love, the body has tried to restore balance.
Speaker 1: So when something feels wrong in your body or your life,
Speaker 1: it is not a failure. It is information. It is communication.
Speaker 1: It is your system saying please listen more closely, Please
Speaker 1: bring more kindness here. And when you stop fighting the
Speaker 1: symptom and start listening to the message, something shifts. Healing
Speaker 1: becomes cooperation instead of combat. So many people ask me,
Speaker 1: but Louise, if I don't control myself, won't I fall apart?
Speaker 1: Won't I become undisciplined, unhealthy, unmotivated? And I smile because
Speaker 1: that question comes from years of being told you cannot
Speaker 1: be trusted, my dear. When you treat yourself self with care,
Speaker 1: you naturally choose what supports you. A child who feels
Speaker 1: safe does not need to be forced. A body that
Speaker 1: feels love does not sabotage itself. A nervous system that
Speaker 1: feels supported does not cling to destructive patterns. Let me
Speaker 1: give you a simple example. Think about the difference between
Speaker 1: eating because you hate your body and eating because you
Speaker 1: love your body. One creates shame, restriction, rebellion. The other
Speaker 1: creates presence, nourishment, satisfaction. The behavior may look similar on
Speaker 1: the outside, but the inner experience and therefore the outcome,
Speaker 1: is completely different. The body responds to intention, not just action.
Speaker 1: This is why I teach that healing does not require force.
Speaker 1: Force creates resistance, Resistance creates stagnation, and stagnation feels like
Speaker 1: being stuck. But when you soften, when you allow When
Speaker 1: you bring compassion into the process, energy begins to move again.
Speaker 1: Change that comes from love lasts, change that comes from
Speaker 1: fear collapses. I want you to try something right now,
Speaker 1: very gently, place a hand on your body anywhere it
Speaker 1: feels natural, and quietly, either out loud or inside, say
Speaker 1: thank you for carrying me, thank you for trying to
Speaker 1: protect me. I am listening. Now. Notice what happens. Notice
Speaker 1: if the breath changes, Notice if something inside you exhales.
Speaker 1: This is not imagination. This is your nervous system responding
Speaker 1: to safety. I say this to you with my whole heart.
Speaker 1: The moment we choose to love ourselves, we begin to heal.
Speaker 1: Not when we become perfect, not when we finally get control,
Speaker 1: not when we stop feeling. Right now as you are
Speaker 1: with what is self care is not indulgence. It is intelligence.
Speaker 1: It is understanding how healing actually works. When you create
Speaker 1: an inner environment of gentleness, the body does what it
Speaker 1: has always known how to do, return to balance. You
Speaker 1: are not lazy, You are not weak, You are not broken.
Speaker 1: You are learning a kinder way home. So to day,
Speaker 1: I invite you to release the belief that you must
Speaker 1: control yourself into wellness. You do not need to fight
Speaker 1: your way into healing. You only need to stop fighting yourself.
Speaker 1: And as you begin to replace self control with self care,
Speaker 1: something very beautiful unfolds, not all at once, not dramatically,
Speaker 1: but steadily and surely. Your body feels safer, your mind
Speaker 1: feels calmer, and healing, natural and intelligent begins to happen
Speaker 1: all by itself. This is the beginning, and you are
Speaker 1: doing beautifully already. Why do so many of us wake
Speaker 1: up each day feeling as if something about us needs
Speaker 1: to be fixed? My dear ones, I want to sit
Speaker 1: with you in this question for a moment, not to
Speaker 1: analyze it, not to judge it, but to feel it.
Speaker 1: So many people carry a quiet belief deep inside that
Speaker 1: says I am broken, or I am not doing life correctly,
Speaker 1: or if I could just fix myself then I would
Speaker 1: finally be at peace. And I want to tell you
Speaker 1: this as gently and clearly as I can, the way
Speaker 1: a loving mother would say it to a child who
Speaker 1: has been trying too hard for too long. You are
Speaker 1: not something that needs to be repaired. You are something
Speaker 1: that needs to be nurtured. There is a world of
Speaker 1: difference between those two ideas, and that difference is where
Speaker 1: healing truly begins. When we believe we are broken, we
Speaker 1: approach ourselves with force. We tighten our jaw, we harden
Speaker 1: our voice. We demand change through pressure, criticism, and urgency.
Speaker 1: We ask what is wrong with me? And then we
Speaker 1: search our past, our habits, our emotions, trying to find
Speaker 1: evidence that proves we are flawed. And every time we
Speaker 1: ask that question, the body hears danger. The nervous system tightens,
Speaker 1: the mind goes into defense. Healing slows down not because
Speaker 1: we are doing something wrong, but because we are no
Speaker 1: longer feeling safe with ourselves. But when we begin to
Speaker 1: understand that we are not broken, something softens. We start
Speaker 1: to see ourselves differently. We begin to realize that we
Speaker 1: are more like a living system than a machine. A
Speaker 1: flower does not bloom because it is yelled at. A
Speaker 1: flower blooms because it is watered, placed in sunlight, and
Speaker 1: allowed to grow in its own timing. And my dear,
Speaker 1: you are no different. You are not a problem to solve,
Speaker 1: You are a life to support. I often tell people
Speaker 1: that healing is not about correcting defects. Healing is about
Speaker 1: restoring safety. When your body feels safe, it knows exactly
Speaker 1: what to do. When your mind feels accepted, it becomes flexible.
Speaker 1: When your emotions feel allowed, they begin to move instead
Speaker 1: of stagnate. So instead of asking what is wrong with me?
Speaker 1: I invite you to try a very different question, one
Speaker 1: that carries compassion instead of judgment. What do I need
Speaker 1: right now? That question alone can change the direction of
Speaker 1: your entire inner world. Think about the times you were
Speaker 1: most able to change naturally. Chances are those changes did
Speaker 1: not happen when you were harsh with yourself. They happened
Speaker 1: when you felt supported, encouraged, understood. Growth thrives in kindness,
Speaker 1: Resistance thrives in fear. And so many people have been
Speaker 1: taught that discipline, healing, and improvement must come through toughness.
Speaker 1: And yet the body does not heal under attack, The
Speaker 1: mind does not learn under shame, the heart does not
Speaker 1: open under pressure. You are not a mistake, You are
Speaker 1: not behind, You are not failing at being human. You
Speaker 1: are a being who has learned certain patterns in order
Speaker 1: to survive, and now you are being invited to learn
Speaker 1: new ones in order to thrive. That is not a flaw.
Speaker 1: That is evolution, That is wisdom unfolding. Let me say
Speaker 1: this in a way I want you to truly hear.
Speaker 1: You do not heal by fixing yourself. You heal by
Speaker 1: befriending yourself. When you become curious instead of critical, gentle,
Speaker 1: instead of demanding, patient, instead of paniced, the entire system relaxes,
Speaker 1: and in that relaxed state, healing begins to happen almost
Speaker 1: on its own. So now let us talk about choosing
Speaker 1: self care consciously, because self care is not indulgence and
Speaker 1: it is not avoidance. Self care is alignment. It is
Speaker 1: the decision to work with your body and mind instead
Speaker 1: of against them. It is the choice to say I
Speaker 1: matter enough to be treated kindly, especially by myself. That
Speaker 1: is not weakness, that is profound strength. I want to
Speaker 1: guide you into some affirmations now, but I want you
Speaker 1: to understand what affirmations truly are. They are not demands.
Speaker 1: They are invitations. They are gentle suggestions to the subconscious
Speaker 1: that say it is safe to choose a new way.
Speaker 1: When spoken with kindness, they soften old beliefs and open
Speaker 1: new pathways. So as you hear these, or as you
Speaker 1: say them to yourself later, let them land in your body,
Speaker 1: not just in your head. Let them feel like warm
Speaker 1: water instead of sharp commands. I do not need to
Speaker 1: force myself to heal. I allow healing to unfold gently
Speaker 1: in its own time. I do not need to force
Speaker 1: myself to heal. I allow healing to unfold gently in
Speaker 1: its own time. I do not need to force myself
Speaker 1: to heal. I allow healing to unf fuld gently in
Speaker 1: its own time. Notice how your body responds when you
Speaker 1: hear that. Does your breath soften just a little. That
Speaker 1: is your nervous system recognizing safety. I listen to my
Speaker 1: body and respond with love instead of criticism. I listen
Speaker 1: to my body and respond with love instead of criticism.
Speaker 1: I listen to my body and respond with love instead
Speaker 1: of criticism. Your body has been listening to you your
Speaker 1: entire life. Now you are learning how to listen back.
Speaker 1: I release the need to be perfect. I trust the
Speaker 1: pace of my own process. I release the need to
Speaker 1: be perfect. I trust the pace of my own process.
Speaker 1: I release the need to be perfect. I trust the
Speaker 1: pace of my own process. Perfection is not a requirement
Speaker 1: for healing. Presence is. Self care is my priority because
Speaker 1: a calm mind supports a healthy body. Self care is
Speaker 1: my priority because a calm mind supports a healthy body.
Speaker 1: Self care is my priority, because a calm mind supports
Speaker 1: a healthy body. Every time you choose rest over self punishment,
Speaker 1: you are teaching your nervous system that it no longer
Speaker 1: has to fight. I am kind to myself. Gentleness is
Speaker 1: powerful medicine. I am kind to myself. Gentleness is powerful medicine.
Speaker 1: I am kind to myself. Gentleness is powerful medicine. My
Speaker 1: dear ones, kindness is not passive. Kindness is corrective. It
Speaker 1: repairs what force cannot. When you speak to yourself with love,
Speaker 1: your body listens. When you allow yourself to rest, your
Speaker 1: mind reorganizes. When you stop demanding change and start offering care,
Speaker 1: transformation becomes sustainable. You see self care. There is not
Speaker 1: something you do after you are healed. Self care is
Speaker 1: how you heal. Every gentle choice sends a message inward
Speaker 1: that says I am safe now, and safety is the
Speaker 1: doorway through which all healing enters. You do not have
Speaker 1: to push yourself into wholeness. You are already whole, learning
Speaker 1: how to remember it. So today, if you take nothing
Speaker 1: else with you, take this, treat yourself as someone you
Speaker 1: deeply care about. Speak to yourself the way you would
Speaker 1: speak to a child who is learning. Move through your
Speaker 1: day with curiosity instead of correction. Let self care be
Speaker 1: your foundation, not your reward, and trust that when you
Speaker 1: stop forcing, life begins to cooperate with you in ways
Speaker 1: that feel natural, kind, and deeply supportive. You are not
Speaker 1: here to battle you yourself into healing. You are here
Speaker 1: to love yourself into it, bringing positivity into your daily habits.
Speaker 1: This is so important, my dear ones, because healing does
Speaker 1: not happen only in big emotional breakthroughs or long meditations.
Speaker 1: Healing happens in the ordinary moments of your day, in
Speaker 1: the quiet repetitions, in the way you treat yourself when
Speaker 1: no one is watching. I have learned, both in my
Speaker 1: own life and through decades of working with others, that
Speaker 1: what you practice gently and consistently becomes the language your
Speaker 1: body and mind understand best. You do not need to
Speaker 1: overhaul your entire life. You only need to bring love
Speaker 1: into what you already do. When you do that, your
Speaker 1: nervous system relaxes, your resistance softens, and change begins to
Speaker 1: unfold naturally. Let us art with the moment you wake up,
Speaker 1: because that moment sets the tone for everything that follows.
Speaker 1: When you open your eyes in the morning, before you
Speaker 1: reach for your phone, before you remember your responsibilities, before
Speaker 1: your mind starts listing problems, pause for just a breath
Speaker 1: or two, feel the bed supporting you, feel your breath
Speaker 1: moving in and out, and quietly gently say thank you.
Speaker 1: Thank your bed for rest, Thank your body for carrying
Speaker 1: you through another night, Thank your breath for being there
Speaker 1: without effort. This is not spiritual performance. This is nervous
Speaker 1: system safety. When you begin your day with appreciation instead
Speaker 1: of urgency, you tell your body I am safe, and
Speaker 1: a body that feels safe opens itself to healing far
Speaker 1: more easily than a body that feels rough, bushed, or criticized.
Speaker 1: As you move into your morning routine, allow that gentleness
Speaker 1: to travel with you. When you wash your face, do
Speaker 1: it as if you are touching someone you love. When
Speaker 1: you brush your teeth, notice your reflection without judgment. You
Speaker 1: do not need to fix anything first. You do not
Speaker 1: need to earn kindness. You are allowed to meet yourself
Speaker 1: exactly as you are. If old thoughts arise, criticism, comparison, impatience,
Speaker 1: do not fight them. Simply acknowledge them and return to
Speaker 1: your breath. Healing does not require confrontation with yourself. Healing
Speaker 1: requires presence. Now, let us talk about something very simple
Speaker 1: and very powerful. Bathing, whether it is a shower or
Speaker 1: a bath, water has always been a symbol of renewal,
Speaker 1: and I invite you to use it consci As the
Speaker 1: water flows over your body, imagine it carrying away tension, fear,
Speaker 1: and old expectations. You may even place a small affirmation
Speaker 1: somewhere in your bathroom, not as pressure, but as a
Speaker 1: loving reminder, something like I am bathed in loving thoughts today.
Speaker 1: Say it softly, say it without strain. Let the water
Speaker 1: do the work. When you combine a physical sensation with
Speaker 1: a kind thought, the body listens more deeply. You are
Speaker 1: teaching your system that care is allowed, that ease is possible.
Speaker 1: For those moments when you are driving or commuting, I
Speaker 1: want to offer you another opportunity for self care. Many
Speaker 1: people use this time to rehearse worry, replay conversations, or
Speaker 1: anticipate problems. And I understand that habit very well. But
Speaker 1: what if this time could become a sanctuary instead. As
Speaker 1: you move through traffic or public spaces, gently affirm I
Speaker 1: am surrounded by calm, attentive and respectful people. You are
Speaker 1: not denying reality. You are choosing a focus that keeps
Speaker 1: your nervous system regulated. A calm mind makes better decisions.
Speaker 1: A relaxed body perceives fewer threats. This is practical healing,
Speaker 1: not wishful thinking. Now, my dear ones, let us speak
Speaker 1: about boundaries, because self care without boundaries quickly becomes self sacrifice,
Speaker 1: and self sacrifice when it is unconscious, breeds resentment and exhaustion.
Speaker 1: Many sensitive people struggle here because they confuse kindness with compliance.
Speaker 1: They believe that to be loving, they must always say yes,
Speaker 1: always accommodate, always understand. But I want you to hear
Speaker 1: this clearly. It is not unloving to say no. It
Speaker 1: is unloving to abandon yourself. Every time you say yes,
Speaker 1: when your body says no, you teach your system that
Speaker 1: its signals are not important. Over time, the body speaks
Speaker 1: louder through fatigue, anxiety, or illness because it has not
Speaker 1: been heard. There is an art to disappointing others without
Speaker 1: betraying yourself, and that art begins with honesty. You do
Speaker 1: not need long explanations. You do not need to defend
Speaker 1: your limits. A simple calm that doesn't work for me
Speaker 1: is enough If guilt arises, do not judge it. Guilt
Speaker 1: is often just an old survival pattern, a learned fear
Speaker 1: of rejection. Place a hand on your heart and remind yourself,
Speaker 1: I am allowed to protect my energy. When you practice
Speaker 1: this consistently, your body learns that setting boundaries does not
Speaker 1: equal danger, and when the body feels safe, it stops
Speaker 1: resisting change. Sensitivity, my dear ones, is not a weakness.
Speaker 1: It is a finely tuned instrument, but like any instrument,
Speaker 1: it must be cared for. If you expose it constantly
Speaker 1: to noise, pressure, and emotional chaos, it will become overwhelmed.
Speaker 1: Choosing your environments carefully people media conversations is an act
Speaker 1: of self respect. You are not obligated to stay in
Speaker 1: spaces that make you contract. Self care sometimes looks like
Speaker 1: leaving the room. Now, let us move into something even deeper. Trust.
Speaker 1: Many people believe that healing requires understanding everything, planning everything,
Speaker 1: controlling every outcome, and yet control is often just fear
Speaker 1: wearing a responsible mask. When you try to manage life
Speaker 1: entirely from your mind, your body stays tense. It waits
Speaker 1: for the next problem. But when you allow yourself to
Speaker 1: feel good first before everything is solved, something remarkable happens.
Speaker 1: Life begins to reorganize itself around your calmer state, Ideas appear,
Speaker 1: solutions emerge, Timing shifts. Relaxation is not giving up, It
Speaker 1: is opening up. You do not need to know how
Speaker 1: everything will work out. You do not need to see
Speaker 1: the whole path. You only need to take care of
Speaker 1: your inner environment right now. Ask yourself often, what would
Speaker 1: help me feel a little safer in this moment. Sometimes
Speaker 1: the answer is rest. Sometimes it is movement. Sometimes it
Speaker 1: is saying no. Sometimes it is asking for support. When
Speaker 1: you honor those answers without judgment, you build trust with
Speaker 1: yourself and self. Trust is the foundation of all healing.
Speaker 1: There will be days when you forget, days when you
Speaker 1: push too hard, days when old habits return. That does
Speaker 1: not mean you are failing. That means you are human.
Speaker 1: Healing is not linear, It is cyclical. Each time you
Speaker 1: notice and return, your nervous system learns resilience. It learns
Speaker 1: that mistakes do not lead to punishment, only to adjustment.
Speaker 1: This is how the brain rewires itself through safety, repetition,
Speaker 1: and kindness. As you move through your days, I invite
Speaker 1: you to hold this affirmation close not as a demand,
Speaker 1: but as a companion. I trust that life is supporting me.
Speaker 1: Say it when you feel uncertain, say it when you
Speaker 1: are tired, say it when you do not yet believe it.
Speaker 1: The body responds not to perfection, but to insistency, and
Speaker 1: over time, this gentle trust becomes a felt experience, not
Speaker 1: just a thought. So remember, my dear ones, self care
Speaker 1: is not something you add after everything else is done.
Speaker 1: It is the way you do everything. It is how
Speaker 1: you wake up, how you speak to yourself, how you
Speaker 1: set limits, how you rest, how you trust. And when
Speaker 1: self care becomes your foundation, healing no longer feels like work.
Speaker 1: It becomes a natural response to the love you are
Speaker 1: finally allowing yourself to receive. My dear ones, before we
Speaker 1: come to a close, I want to slow this moment
Speaker 1: down with you, because integration is where healing becomes real.
Speaker 1: It is easy to listen, to feel inspired, to nod
Speaker 1: along and say yes, this makes sense. But transformation does
Speaker 1: not happen in understanding alone. Transformation happens when love becomes
Speaker 1: practice and self care. True self care is one of
Speaker 1: the simplest and most radical practices of love you will
Speaker 1: ever choose. Let me share something very personal with you.
Speaker 1: There was a time in my own life when I
Speaker 1: believed that if I just pushed harder, judged myself more strictly,
Speaker 1: and demanded perfection, I would finally become the person I
Speaker 1: wanted to be. And instead I became tired, My body
Speaker 1: grew tense, my joy disappeared. What finally healed me was
Speaker 1: not more control, but gentler listening. I learned to pause
Speaker 1: and ask myself questions that changed everything, Not questions of blame,
Speaker 1: but questions of care. And I want to offer those
Speaker 1: questions to you now because they are simple, powerful, and
Speaker 1: deeply healing. Each day, I invite you to ask yourself,
Speaker 1: softly and without pressure, what does my body need right
Speaker 1: now now? Sometimes the answer will be rest, sometimes water,
Speaker 1: sometimes movement, sometimes warmth. Your body is not your enemy.
Speaker 1: Your body is a wise companion, always communicating, always trying
Speaker 1: to keep you safe. When you listen instead of override,
Speaker 1: your body begins to trust you. And when your body
Speaker 1: trusts you, healing accelerates naturally. Then ask yourself, with the
Speaker 1: same kindness, where is my mind tired today? Is it
Speaker 1: tired from worry, from overthinking, from carrying responsibilities that are
Speaker 1: not truly yours. You do not need to solve everything
Speaker 1: in one day. You only need to notice. Awareness is
Speaker 1: already relief. A thought is just a thought, and you
Speaker 1: can allow it to soften instead of gripping it tightly.
Speaker 1: Even one conscious breath can change your mental state more
Speaker 1: than an hour of self criticism. And finally, ask this
Speaker 1: deeply nurturing question, what would help me feel a little
Speaker 1: safer right now? Safety is the foundation of healing, not perfection,
Speaker 1: not productivity, not approval. Safety When your nervous system feels safe,
Speaker 1: your body repairs itself, your mind becomes clearer, and your
Speaker 1: heart opens again. Sometimes safety comes from turning off your phone,
Speaker 1: sometimes from placing a hand on your chest, sometimes from
Speaker 1: saying no, sometimes from asking for help. There is no
Speaker 1: wrong answer here, There is only honesty. I want you
Speaker 1: to hear this clearly, because many people misunderstand self care.
Speaker 1: You do not need to do everything. You do not
Speaker 1: need a long routine. You do not need to get
Speaker 1: it right. One gentle act a day is enough. One
Speaker 1: moment of kindness towards yourself is enough to begin deep healing.
Speaker 1: Healing does not rush. Healing responds to love. When you
Speaker 1: choose even one small act of self care. Each day,
Speaker 1: something beautiful begins to happen inside you. Your subconscious learns
Speaker 1: that you are no longer at war with yourself. Your
Speaker 1: body relaxes its defenses, your mind stops bracing for punishment,
Speaker 1: and slowly, without force, new patterns form. This is how
Speaker 1: real change lasts, not through intensity, but through consistency wrapped
Speaker 1: in compassion. So let me summarize what I want you
Speaker 1: to take with you, not as rules, but as truths
Speaker 1: you can return to again and again. You do not
Speaker 1: need to become better to deserve care. You deserve care
Speaker 1: because you exist. You do not need to earn rest.
Speaker 1: You do not need to justify your feelings. You do
Speaker 1: not need to heal by fighting yourself. When you choose
Speaker 1: to nurture instead of correct, your entire system responds with gratitude.
Speaker 1: And now, my dear ones, I want to gently invite
Speaker 1: you into a simple commitment, not a challenge, not a demand,
Speaker 1: an invitation. For the next seven days, I ask you
Speaker 1: to practice self care consciously and lovingly. Each day, choose
Speaker 1: one small act that says to your body and mind,
Speaker 1: I am listening, I am here, I care. It might
Speaker 1: be five quiet minutes in the morning. It might be
Speaker 1: speaking kindly to yourself in the mirror. It might be
Speaker 1: going to bed earlier. It might be letting go of
Speaker 1: one unnecessary obligation. Let it be simple, let it be due,
Speaker 1: Let it be yours. As you do this for seven days,
Speaker 1: notice what shifts. Notice how your body responds. Notice how
Speaker 1: your thoughts soften. Notice how life begins to meet you
Speaker 1: with a little more ease. The universe responds to the
Speaker 1: way you treat yourself. When you choose gentleness, life reflects
Speaker 1: gentleness back to you. When you choose care, support begins
Speaker 1: to appear in unexpected ways. I want to bless you
Speaker 1: now from my heart to yours. May you feel safe
Speaker 1: inside yourself. May your body feel supported, May your mind
Speaker 1: find rest. May your heart remember that it is worthy
Speaker 1: of love, exactly as it is. And may these seven
Speaker 1: days be the beginning of a new relationship with yourself,
Speaker 1: one built on trust, kindness, and deep respect. Let us
Speaker 1: close with this gentle reminder, and I invite you to
Speaker 1: write it down, speak it aloud, and carry it with you.
Speaker 1: When I choose self care, I allow life to heal me.
Speaker 1: I bless you on this journey, and I am so
Speaker 1: glad you are here,