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Alitus Health acknowledges this Country & its Traditional Custodians. We pay our respect to the Elders, those who have passed into the dreaming; those here today; those of tomorrow. We acknowledge and mourn the sacred wisdom, cultures & languages stolen through the violence of colonisation, in Australia and across the globe.

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𝙈𝙮 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙤𝙠𝙖𝙮.

A “perfect day.”
A quieter nervous system.
A moment of joy we were taught to chase.

But th

𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝, 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙞𝙜 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙞𝙩.

This piece isn’t about shame.
It’s about remembering the intel

𝙎𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚, “𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙜𝙪𝙩.”

And they’re right - their body really did know.

Intuition isn’t irrational. It’s interoception: the body’s way of sensing and translati

𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙖𝙨𝙠 𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 - 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙨 𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚.

Feel the weight of your feet against the earth. 🌱
The pulse of water around your ankles. 💦
The quiet re

𝙄𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝, 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙩 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 & 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣?

Because your body is scanning for safety.

When the nervous system senses threat - real or imagined

“𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙄’𝙢 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣!”

The cry of feeling like we’ve stepped backwards into old patterns.

A fear that we are stuck in an eternal loop of hope and pain. Such achingly deep pain.

But I