Welcome Dusty!! Looking forward to getting to know you!

My body has been whispering to me for some time. As a full time working mom, my day starts early and ends late. The time I find for myself rarely gets used for just me. My work is in a high stress/burnout field and I have not been able to slow down. The other morning, I woke up and could barely move. I kept waking up throughout the night with my neck, shoulders and back seizing. I felt like I could hardly open my eyes, pounding headache and the overwhelm of exhausted flooded by body. Anytime I would try to move my body seized. This was a huge wake up call for me as I am 26 years old and I have never not been able to move upon opening my eyes. Eventually I dragged myself out of bed, got to work late and booked 2 same day appointments to go to between my meetings. I came to learn that cortisol was basically flooding my body, stress had forced my body to stop. I ended up getting an urgent massage therapy appointment and a doctors appointment to get some things to help. My doctor cautioned me that I need to put myself and take a good look at my life and my routines. I was also encouraged to reach out to a counsellor. Which I have. I knew I was running on empty, but I kept going with no maintenance until I stopped. Our bodies are amazing and hold so much wisdom