Steven Washington Experience

Joy doesn’t always need an occasion.

Sometimes it’s music playing in the kitchen, making your morning coffee, moving your body because it feels good…

and Bebe deciding to join the party. 😂🐈

I’ve spent a lot of my life learning that joy isn’t something I have to earn or wait for.

Sometimes it’s already here.

You just have to notice it—and maybe dance with it for a minute. ❤️

What’s one small thing bringing you joy today?

Send this to somebody who could use a tiny dose of joy today. ❤️

Recovery isn’t only about what we stop doing.

It can also be about recovering the parts of ourselves we disconnected from, silenced, or abandoned in order to survive.

That is the heart of JingCovery—a community-centered approach to healing through Qigong, mindful movement, nervous-system regulation, breathwork, self-inquiry, recovery wisdom, and connection.

And the new JingCovery website is officially live. ✨

You can explore free practices, community gatherings, SWE Studio, one-on-one coaching, and The Weekly Reset—a free 15-minute gathering with me every Wednesday at 12 PM Pacific on YouTube.

Comment JINGCOVERY and I’ll send you the website.

Please share this with someone who may be finding their way back to themselves. 💛

Ever notice how easy it can be to know what everyone else needs—but struggle when someone asks what you want?

Sometimes that isn’t simple indecision.

When you’ve spent years paying attention to other people’s moods, needs, and reactions, turning your attention toward yourself can feel surprisingly unfamiliar.

Before automatically saying, “Whatever you want is fine,” pause.

Feel your body. Take a breath.

And ask:

What feels true for me?

💬 Does this pattern feel familiar?

If you’re learning how to hear yourself more clearly and trust what you find, comment JINGCOVERY and I’ll send you a place I created for exactly this kind of work. ❤️



Know someone who always says “Whatever you want”? Send them this. 😂

Ever catch yourself trying to solve a future that hasn’t happened yet?

The conversation.
The decision.
Next week.
Next month.

Meanwhile… it’s Monday. 😂

Overthinking can make us feel responsible for solving step 20 when life is only asking us to be here for step 1.

Come back to now.

What actually needs your attention today?

If someone you love is mentally living three weeks from now, share this with them. ❤️

If you could use more support coming back to the present, comment JINGCOVERY and I’ll send you something I created for you.

You don’t have to figure out your whole life today.

When life feels overwhelming, our minds can race ahead—trying to solve the 5th, 10th and 20th step before we’ve even taken the first.

Recovery taught me something much simpler:

One day at a time.
One right action at a time.

Looking back, some of the biggest changes in my life happened because I stopped trying to see the entire path and focused on what was mine to do next.

Eventually, all those next steps became a life.

What’s your next right action?

If someone you love is feeling overwhelmed right now, share this with them. ❤️

I’m 54, and I love my body.

That doesn’t mean I love every spot, scar, or imperfection. Sometimes insecurity still shows up.

It just doesn’t get to make the decision anymore.

For me, body acceptance isn’t about believing everything is perfect. It’s about refusing to hide until I feel perfectly confident.

I’ve spent enough of my life editing myself for other people’s comfort.

I’m learning to let myself be seen—exactly as I am.

What part of you is ready to stop hiding?

If this speaks to someone you love, share it with them. ❤️

Sometimes setting the boundary isn’t the hardest part.

Sometimes it’s what comes next.

They might not understand.

They might disagree.

They might be disappointed in you.

They might tell a completely different story about why you made the decision you made.

And there may be nothing you can do about that.

I’m learning that self-trust sometimes means allowing another person to have their experience of my boundary without abandoning myself to change it.

I can explain myself.

I can be compassionate.

I can communicate clearly.

But I don’t have to keep negotiating with my own truth until someone else is comfortable with it.

They are allowed to misunderstand me.

And I’m allowed to stay with myself anyway. 🖤

If this is something someone you love is learning right now, send this to them.

I had to tell someone I still care about that I no longer want a relationship with them.

And those two things can exist at the same time.

I can remember the good.

I can appreciate what we once created together.

I can genuinely want beautiful things for your life.

And I can also recognize that who I am now, what I value, and what I need no longer allow me to invite you into close relationship with me.

That’s something I’m learning about boundaries.

They don’t always require anger.

They don’t require someone to become a villain.

And they certainly don’t require the other person to agree.

Sometimes a boundary is simply telling the truth about what you can—and cannot—participate in anymore.

And being willing to tolerate what happens next.

I think an earlier version of me would have worked really hard to keep the peace.

This version of me is learning something different:

I don’t have to abandon myself to make someone else comfortable.

I can care about you.

I can wish you well.

And I can love you from a distance. 🖤

Have you ever had to care about someone from a distance in order to stay true to yourself?







If you know someone learning that love and access are not the same thing, send this to them. They may need the reminder. 🖤

Not every impulse needs to become an action.

The urge to react.
To reach for the thing.
To send the text.
To say yes when you mean no.
To gossip.
To numb.
To defend yourself.
To fall back into an old pattern.

Growth doesn’t necessarily mean those impulses disappear.

Sometimes growth is simply noticing:

There it is.

And creating enough space to decide whether you actually want to feed it.

That small space between impulse and action can change a lot.

What’s an impulse you’ve gotten better at noticing without automatically acting on?

And if this made you think of someone who’s doing this work too, share it with them.

You carry a lot.

Work. Relationships. Responsibilities. Other people’s needs. And sometimes the constant pressure to keep going even when your body is asking you to stop.

The Reset Room DTLA was created as a place to put some of that down.

Last night, we gathered in Downtown Los Angeles for an evening of gentle Qigong, reflection, sound healing, rest and community.

We moved.

We breathed.

We got quiet.

And for 75 minutes, nobody had to accomplish anything.

When we asked people how they felt afterward, they used words like peaceful, grounding, restorative and connected. Feedback Reflection - The.pdf

One person wrote something I haven’t stopped thinking about:

“You owe it to yourself to heal.” Feedback Reflection - The.pdf

I’m deeply grateful to Cornelius Jones Jr. for bringing his beautiful sound work into the room, and to Park And Lex Studios for our location partnership and for giving this gathering such a special home in DTLA.

And to everyone who came: thank you for trusting us enough to slow down together. 🤎

The Reset Room will return.

If you’d like to know when the next gathering opens, comment RESET and I’ll send you the details.

And if you know someone in Los Angeles who’s been carrying a little too much lately, share this Reel with them.