When Your Mind Won’t Stop (And Your Body Finally Makes You Listen)

My mind has been going a mile a minute the past few weeks.

Maybe it’s the astrological transits, or maybe it’s just being a new(ish) mom — but everything has felt fast, full, and nonstop.

Some of it was important — things I needed to figure out about childcare, family dynamics, future plans. But a lot of it? Just noise.
Thoughts that wouldn’t quit. Constant scanning:

What could go wrong? How could I get ahead of it? Should I explain it better next time?

Even at night, my brain stayed clocked in.

Everything probably looked fine externally — I was getting things done — but my mind felt full, and my body wired.

I knew something was off, but I was probably in a little denial.
I mean… nothing was technically falling apart. Things were working. I was functioning.

But it wasn’t until I started experiencing it physically that I couldn’t deny it anymore.

• I couldn’t fall asleep.

• And even when I did, I’d wake up at 1:30 or 3:00 a.m. and just stay up — mind racing.

• My stomach felt off.

• Headaches settled in above my eyebrows.

• Even the normal things that usually helped — journaling, meditating, scrolling for a little escape — stopped working.

That’s when I knew I needed to slow down — not just externally, but internally too.

💡 The Reset

I started small.

🧘🏽‍♀️ I limited multitasking — focusing on one thing at a time, both mentally and physically.

I used mindfulness to bring myself back to the present — noticing the tactile, grounding things:

• the softness of my blanket

• the way my rose body oil smelled — floral, comforting, familiar

When my mind jumped from one problem to the next, I gently reminded myself:

📱 I treated my phone like candy — okay in tiny doses, but too much made me sick.
I removed overstimulating inputs — no intense opinions, no fast-talking hosts, no shows that made my body tense up.

And slowly, I started coming back to myself.

Not through some perfect routine.
But by choosing what felt gentle in the moment.

• Some nights, I stretched just enough to land back in my body.

• Other times, I picked up a calm, relaxing book.

• I stopped pushing through the exhaustion. I let myself lie down early, even if things were undone.

The world didn’t fall apart.

And gradually, my body began to exhale.

• The headaches faded.

• My stomach settled.

• My thoughts softened.

• I felt calm from the inside out.

If you’re in that place right now — full mind, tense body, exhausted heart — maybe your reset doesn’t look like another to-do list or a quick dopamine fix.

Maybe it’s just… slowing down.

→ Put the phone down.
→ Wrap yourself in something soft.
→ Choose the next small thing.

And remember:

✨ You are allowed to rest before you’re finished. ✨

🔄 Reset Moment

A few small shifts to soften your week:

🎧 On Repeat:
YUKON (DJ Hunnybee Remix)
(a vibe for dancing out of your head and into your body)

📖 Journal Prompt:

🕯️ Tiny Ritual:
Swap screen time for a sensory reset:
→ Apply a favorite lotion or oil slowly and intentionally.
→ Breathe.
→ Let that be enough.

See you next Sunday. And remember — you can always start over.

And if you’ve been moving fast lately… how do you slow down?
I’d love to hear — just hit reply. 💌

💌 Forward this to a friend who’s been running on empty.

🫶🏽 Bina