Notes from Within:

REFLECTIONS ON HEALING, SPIRIT, AND THE BODY

Why Rest Feels So Hard: It’s Not You… It’s Your Nervous System (and Our Culture)
Inner Wisdom & Education Mallory Tedrick Inner Wisdom & Education Mallory Tedrick

Why Rest Feels So Hard: It’s Not You… It’s Your Nervous System (and Our Culture)

Rest doesn’t feel hard because you’re doing it wrong. For many people, slowing down activates anxiety, tension, or restlessness because the nervous system never learned that rest was safe. In a culture that rewards urgency and constant stimulation, choosing stillness can feel unfamiliar — and even threatening.

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How I REALLY feel about the word Healing
Reflections Mallory Tedrick Reflections Mallory Tedrick

How I REALLY feel about the word Healing

We’re often told that healing is something we arrive at. A place we reach once we’ve “done the work,” moved through the pain, and left the hard stuff behind.

But I don’t believe we can be healed—not in the clean, final way that word suggests.

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