This week, my body remembered before my mind did.
It always does — around this time every year.
I felt more tired. The kind of exhaustion that seeps into your bones and makes everything feel like too much.
Almost like I’m getting sick.
This was the week 16 years ago that I was disappeared from the world and then surfaced 6 days later.
Healing from trauma in the early years was about addressing first the physical wounds, then the emotional ones, but even after all of those have been patched and worked on, there are the scars you have to deal with. The visible and invisible ones.
My healing journey over the years included discovering the many layers of this trauma–the physical, the emotional and the soul deep wounds that have taken residence in the marrow, that soft bony birthplace of blood and oxygen.
If I had left it alone, the wounds would have formed clots around the rotted parts, to try to preserve whatever was left of the bone. It would have cut off the supply of oxygen to the flesh, slowly putrefying it.
But instead, the Little Sage inside of me emerged with a soft voice, that indomitable spirit, the keeper of stories, the reflection of my true self that wanted to be revealed, that wanted to heal.
When Your Body Knows Before You Do
If you’ve ever felt fatigue come out of nowhere...
If your pain flares at the same time every year...
If your energy dips with no clear explanation…
You’re not imagining it.
Your body remembers.
Even when your conscious mind doesn’t.
Our bodies carry so much more than just muscle and bone.
They carry memories. They carry grief. They carry our emotional wounds and the deep wounds that touch the soul level.
You’re not broken. You’re carrying too much.
This week, as my own body remembered an old pain, I didn’t try to fix it.
I slowed down. I listened. I breathed. I did less.
And I honored the wisdom of my body that still speaks the truth.
If you’re reading this and you can relate,
Especially if you’re dealing with chronic fatigue or pain that continues
Especially if you’ve tried various therapies with only limited effect.
I want to say this gently:
Your fatigue may be a messenger.
Your pain may be a form of protection.
Your overwhelm may be a body trying to tell you something.
This Is Just the Beginning
There’s a deeper layer to healing — one that most systems don’t touch.
It includes your emotions, your past, your lived experiences.
It includes the parts of you that had to survive, and the parts of you that are still trying to.
I’ve been on that path myself. And now I guide others through it — especially women who are carrying invisible burdens in their bodies.
Take a gentle moment with yourself and ask:
🌿 What might your body be trying to tell you?
🌿 What emotion have you been carrying for far too long?
🌿 What if healing doesn’t mean doing more — but softening into less?
You’re not alone. I see you.
And you don’t have to keep surviving.
You get to heal.
With care and reverence,
💗
Melissa