Eyes wide open

This summer has reminded us that progress does not always look like constant movement.

Sometimes progress looks like slowing down.

Sometimes it looks like listening more closely, strengthening relationships, meeting people where they are, and allowing ideas to grow before rushing to announce them.

In this month’s newsletter, I’m sharing more about why nervous system education belongs in every part of our community, our work with first responders through Applied Breath Regulation for First Responders (ABR-101), what Creston Night Out reminded us about real community connection, and what we’re quietly building next.

If we met you at Creston Night Out, welcome. We’re glad you’re here.

Read the full August newsletter below.

Meeting People Where They Are: Nervous System Education in Grand Rapids - Eyes Wide Open A Note from Amanda This summer has reminded me that progress does not always look the way we expect it to,, especially when we are learning to make space for nervous system education in our own lives and in our communities. There were things I planned to create that never made it onto the calendar.....

Who you had to become to survive was never who you actually were.

Healing doesn't hand you a new identity, it just clears away everything that wasn't yours to begin with.

Underneath the guardedness, the exhaustion, the version built for protection, someone's still been waiting.

Not a new person. Just the one you were always meant to become, finally allowed to stay.

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