09/26/2026
And then sometimes you have a big plan to go back to Denver for a presentation The Fall Voice Conference that you really REALLY wanna see because it aligns perfectly with your research area and you know the presenter will be brilliant and also hilarious (yes You BRETT WELCH) and you want to hug your friends one more time but your body lets you know in no uncertain terms that this will not be happening today via a cute, sweet lil migraine.
So. Hmph. Alas.
And also, I'm posting this not as pity farming , but as a teaching moment because of course there is a previous version of me that would be forcing herself to DO IT. And I know that most driven, perfectionist, overachiever types feel like stopping is never ever an option. But when bodies say STOP they really mean it, and we really need to get better at listening to them. Because when you don't, the messages get louder and louder and louder, and that's when people end up with a cascade of mystery symptoms, or they're in urgent care because they can't breathe and they don't know why, and then they're sitting with me and talking about trauma because they have become so detached from their bodies and they have to start learning how to speak the same language again so they can start healing.
I don't want that for you, my love.
