The reminder I didn’t know my nervous system needed.
The Ancestors gifted me a message, reminder and a calling home. Tomorrow is seeded in today. A video, a moment captured in time found me in a time of deep need today from when my youngest was about two. A moment in which I was allowing doubt, fear, shame, guilt and grief keep me down, stuck and paralysis. An innocent moment captured with my youngest. And this moment came after x2+ hrs of crying and fighting to regulate myself, while being there for my baby. We were laying in bed, and for nearly an hour he just kept saying, “Mummy, I’m so proud of you. I love you.” I didn’t realise at the time how much medicine that moment would carry for me later. Because right now, in this season of my life — rebuilding, regulating, rising again after some very heavy years — that video met me exactly where I am. It grounded me. Not in pressure. Not in performance. But in what actually matters. My children are only children for a short window of time. And the woman I am becoming is not just being built in big wins or public moments… she is being shaped in the quiet, ordinary spaces of showing up, staying present, and doing the best I can with what I have. As a high-functioning woman, I’ve achieved many things in my life. But the truth I keep coming back to is this: Being an Aboriginal woman. Being a mother. Being an Aunty. Being me. Being someone my children feel safe and loved with. That is the foundation of who I am and how I move through this world. This video reminded me of something I know many women need to hear right now: You do not have to earn the right to exist in your own life. You do not have to over-prove your worth to be allowed to rise. You were born with authority. You were born with permission. If you are doing the best you can with what you’ve got right now — while holding love, while creating safety, while staying in the work of becoming — That is enough. And from that place… We become, weave and rise. 🖤 If this season of your life is calling you to regulate, rebuild, and rise in your own way…