What the Past Months Taught Me – On Listening, Letting Go, and Choosing Again

Dear reader,

Over the past few months, I’ve been reminded — again and again — how this work, and life itself, keeps inviting me deeper. Not just to guide others, but to return home to myself.

And, as is so often the case, the most meaningful lessons didn’t come from books or structured teachings.
They came in the pauses.
In a breath.
A glance.
A hand resting quietly on the heart.
In moments that said, “Be here now.”

Today, I want to share some of what I’ve learned — softly, honestly — in case it meets something in you, too.

“Listening is a form of love.”

The quiet power of listening

One of the greatest lessons I keep returning to is this:
Listening is a form of love.

Not listening to reply.
Not listening to fix.
But listening to truly be present. With your whole body.

This kind of listening asks us to let go of our agenda.
To sit with what we don’t fully understand.
To say: I’m here, even when I don’t know what to do.

And perhaps this is one of the most courageous things we can do for one another — and for ourselves.

My body as compass

These months have also reminded me of something simple but powerful:
I can return to my body.
Again and again.

When I get caught in doing too much, or in old patterns of overgiving or overthinking, I come back to breath.
To the soles of my feet.
To the place where I feel the ground.

In somatic practice, we learn that the body is not a problem to be solved — it is a resource to come home to.
A quiet guide.
A place where we can begin to feel, once more, what is true.

Because only when I’m in contact with my own inner world can I offer a safe container for someone else.
Only then can I feel what’s aligned — or when it’s time to pause and choose again.

Letting go — again and again

And sometimes, choosing again means letting go.
Of an idea.
A structure.
A belief I thought I needed.

Letting go can be tender. Even painful.
But it can also be a return to truth.
To something more spacious and real.

Every time I choose softness over urgency, presence over perfection — I remember:
Healing doesn’t require us to have it all figured out.
It simply asks us to show up.

“We don’t have to know everything. We just have to be here.”