I just love this essay! I learned something, felt something and walked away with something - does that make you a Substack triple threat?
I live in a body that has been - until very recently -riddled with cancer. I am tuned to every little tiny signal, and I’ve had to learn to adapt to all that signaling with messages of calm, comforting reassurance to myself.
That said, before my diagnosis, I powered through nearly every signal, until the signals got so loud I was forced to stop everything. I treated my body like a machine. Sigh.
I love what you teach here - there’s a middle ground.
I'm so glad it resonated. I have been known to ignore signals myself...it took a confluence of events involving the health and well being of *other people I loved* to make me think, OK, maybe I should at least check into this.
As always, we are so ready to advocate for others, urge self-care on others, etc. than for ourselves.
I just love this essay! I learned something, felt something and walked away with something - does that make you a Substack triple threat?
I live in a body that has been - until very recently -riddled with cancer. I am tuned to every little tiny signal, and I’ve had to learn to adapt to all that signaling with messages of calm, comforting reassurance to myself.
That said, before my diagnosis, I powered through nearly every signal, until the signals got so loud I was forced to stop everything. I treated my body like a machine. Sigh.
I love what you teach here - there’s a middle ground.
I'm so glad it resonated. I have been known to ignore signals myself...it took a confluence of events involving the health and well being of *other people I loved* to make me think, OK, maybe I should at least check into this.
As always, we are so ready to advocate for others, urge self-care on others, etc. than for ourselves.