Our Holistic Therapy Blog

On completing the stress cycle & the Quiet Rebellion of Surrendering to Softness At some point, somewhere between the rise of the wellness app and the algorithm discovering the vagus nerve, we managed to turn the nervous system—this ancient, mammalian intelligence that has carried human beings through fire, birth, migration, heartbreak, war, hunger, lovemaking, grief and the occasional truly catastrophic staff meeting—into another productivity project. This isn’t me bashing o

Somewhere along the way, many of us were praised for needing less and learned the imprinting of overriding needs. This could have looked like asking for less than you needed—less attention, reassurance, help-seeking or accepting support, becoming more fixed, rather than flexible and eventually, perhaps, to take up less emotional room as a means of “convenience.” The great Gloria Steinem said, “Once we give up searching for approval, we often find it easier to earn respect.” P