8. You Can’t Think Your Way Out of a Nervous System

You’ve read all the books.
You’ve done all the inner work.
You understand your patterns.

But you’re still tired. Still anxious. Still stuck.

That’s because healing doesn’t happen in your head.
It happens in your body.

And your body doesn’t speak English.
It speaks sensation. Tension. Fatigue. Breath. Stillness.

You can’t think your way out of survival mode.
You have to feel your way through it.

Soften. Move slowly. Touch your own skin. Breathe deeper than your fear.

Your nervous system isn’t broken. It’s overworked and underloved.

You don’t need more information.
You need safety. You need presence. You need softness.

Not every pain is mental.
Some of it is cellular.

And the body — unlike the mind — does not lie.

Tool #8 — The Body Listening Practice

Instructions: This tool is not about thinking. It’s about noticing. Let your body speak. Let yourself feel without fixing.

You are not a mind carrying a body. You are a body that remembers everything. Let it speak.