Self-Care Basics
This daily practice is called “the most underrated form of healing.”
A: What is rest/sleep?
Healing begins when you refuse to do this with generational trauma.
What is pass it down?
The ability to identify your own emotions is called this.
What is self-awareness?
Stress often shows up in this part of the body first.
What is the stomach / gut?
When I heal, you heal” represents this type of healing.
What is collective / community healing?
Drinking water consistently helps balance this vital function of the body.
What is hydration / body regulation?
Silence is often used as a weapon to enforce this in families.
What is compliance / loyalty?
When someone lashes out, it usually reveals this underneath.
What is hurt / pain?
Deep breathing activates this system that calms the body.
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
Sharing your testimony can break this off someone else’s life.
What is bondage / silence / shame?
The act of saying “no” without guilt is called this.
What is setting boundaries?
Breaking soul ties often starts with this powerful action.
What is prayer / release / forgiveness?
Active listening means listening without doing this.
What is interrupting / judging?
Anger stored in the body can lead to issues in this organ.
What is the liver?
Speaking your truth is powerful because silence protects this.
A: What is generational pain / dysfunction?
Journaling is powerful because it releases these two things onto paper.
What are thoughts and emotions?
To stop repeating toxic cycles, you must first identify this.
What is the pattern?
The pause between stimulus and response is where this exists.
What is choice / power / growth?
Moving your body daily, whether through dance, walking, or stretching, is a form of this kind of medicine.
What is natural / movement medicine?
Vulnerability is often mistaken for weakness, but it’s actually this.
What is strength?
Gratitude is healing because it shifts your focus from lack to this.
What is abundance?
Loyalty without truth often becomes this.
What is bondage?
“Holding space” for someone means offering presence without this.
What is judgment / fixing?
Trauma that is unhealed often becomes stored in the body as this.
What is muscle memory / body tension / illness?
Healing out loud disrupts this generational weapon of shame.
What is secrecy?