Apr 29 • General discussion
When Your Mind and Body Pull in Different Directions🧠💫
It’s something I see often.
That subtle, uneasy feeling in the body when the mind says one thing—and the rest of you says another.
You tell yourself it’s fine.
You plan.
You push forward.
But something tightens.
A hesitation in your chest 💬💔
A tension in your jaw 😬
A heaviness in your shoulders 🎒
And underneath it all?
That quiet question:
Why can’t I just move forward? Why am I hesitating when I already decided?
This is more common than people talk about.
Especially for those who’ve been trained to lead with logic 🧩
To stay on schedule 🕰
To push through doubt 💪
But the body doesn’t work on those terms.
It doesn’t follow “shoulds.”
It follows truth. ✨
When your self-image—the identity you carry in your mind—no longer matches your deeper values, your body lets you know.
Through resistance.
Fatigue. 😓
Fog.
Or even over-efficiency that starts to feel strangely disconnected.
I once worked with someone who looked clear and capable on the outside.
She was organized 📋
She kept things running smoothly.
She had strong practices.
But her body was sending other signals.
Uneasy sleep 🌙
A constant low hum of tension ⚡
A quiet pull toward stillness she never felt allowed to take 🍃
What we discovered together wasn’t about mindset.
It was about the gap between who she thought she had to be—and who her body knew she already was.
No amount of routine could override that.
And no mindset trick could quiet her body’s wisdom. 🌿
What helped?
Slowing down enough to listen 👂
Not just to thoughts—but to felt sense.
Noticing where tension lived.
Noticing what softened when she honored her own timing ⏳
She didn’t have to change everything.
She just had to reconnect with her inner signals—
and rebuild her rhythm from the inside out 💫
I see this often:
People living in their heads because it feels safer 🧠
People overriding their body’s wisdom because it doesn’t fit the plan ❌
People trying to keep up with an inner voice that’s no longer theirs.
But your body always knows.
And when your actions misalign with your values or identity, it tells you—
Through discomfort 💢
Through delay ⛔
Through that quiet feeling that something’s just… off ⚖️
This isn’t something to fix.
It’s something to notice 👁
To respect 🧘♀️
To get curious about 🌀
The shift doesn’t require drama.
It usually begins in stillness 🌌
In the moment you stop asking, What should I do?
And start asking, What feels right in me now?
This kind of connection takes practice 🔄
It asks for gentleness 💗
And attention 🎯
But the more you build it, the easier it becomes to choose—
Not just from the mind,
but from the full truth of who you are 💖
That’s the kind of clarity that lasts.
Not because it’s loud.
But because it’s real 🌱
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When Your Mind and Body Pull in Different Directions🧠💫
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