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Acceptance is often misunderstood as giving up, but true acceptance can be a powerful pathway to resilience and healing. In this reflection, we explore how resisting reality can create unnecessary suffering, while learning to orient to the present moment can open the door to greater peace, self-compassion, and emotional flexibility. Discover how acceptance helps us navigate life’s unpredictable seasons with more resilience, clarity, and hope.

Have you ever gone on a walk and gotten back to where you started without actually being on the walk? Our brain has a remarkable way of defaulting to threat—potential or real—and making it all feel very real, in our mind and nervous system, through the stories and “movies” it plays.

I try hard to practice what I preach — to make a daily habit of practicing the skills and embodying the nervous-system supportive tools that I believe so deeply in.

After spending most of January reflecting on values (see last month’s blog) — In February, I made it a consistent practice to check in with my values and how I’m choosing to live into them each day. At the end of my day, I sit for a few minutes and reflect on a few simple questions in relation to my values: high points, low points, a moment of gratitude, what did I learn… and did I get my steps in 🤣.