🌿 A gentle lesson from my real life
There’s a big difference between reacting from fear and responding from attunement — even though sometimes the sensations feel almost identical.
This week I was reminded of that in a very real way. I had some lingering ear pain that I hoped was something simple and would go away. A little sinus pressure… a tight jaw… anything but what my intuition quietly suggested.
But deep down I knew what it was, even though I didn’t want it to be true. I’ve been down that road way too many times — and I’m not exaggerating. Meanwhile, my Wise Mind was whispering that familiar truth. And even though I didn’t want it to be right, I listened.
It turned out I needed a root canal — caught early because I honored that inner nudge rather than dismissing it as “overreacting.”
This wasn’t fear… well, maybe it started as fear — okay, a lot of fear.
But underneath it, this was actually attunement.
-Fear screams.
-Attunement speaks softly.
-Fear pushes you into panic.
-Attunement guides you into clarity.
-Fear wants you to catastrophize.
-Attunement wants you to take wise action.
The body remembers. It learns. It protects. And let me tell you, my body certainly remembered all those sensations that signal a root canal might be coming.
Here’s my real-life guidance: when you slow down enough to tune in, you can feel the difference between fear and attunement.
Listening to your Wise Mind doesn’t mean you’ll like the answer — I certainly didn’t. It simply means you’re choosing truth over avoidance.
And that alignment is a form of self-respect.
I even asked myself a simple grounding question:
“Is this an inconvenience or a tragedy?”
The answer? A very expensive inconvenience.
May this be a gentle reminder for you today:
Your inner wisdom doesn’t shout — it nudges.
It guides.
It wants the best for you.
When something feels “off,” pause long enough to ask:
Is this fear… or is this attunement?
Your Wise Mind always knows the difference.
