What the Body Remembers
Understanding trauma, safety, and the quiet work of healing
There are some books you read… and some books you feel.
The Body Keeps the Score is one of those books that doesn’t just speak to your mind — it speaks to your body. It put language to things I’ve felt but didn’t always know how to explain. The tension, the emotional responses, the moments where something small feels bigger than it should.
This book reminded me that the body remembers what the mind tries to move past.
Not as punishment. Not as a weakness. But as protection.
It helped me understand that healing isn’t just about awareness. It’s about safety. It’s about learning how to come back into your body gently, without forcing it, without rushing it, and without expecting yourself to be “over it” on a timeline that was never realistic.
I saw how often I’ve tried to think my way through things that my body was still holding.
And maybe healing, in this season, isn’t about fixing everything.
Maybe it’s about learning how to feel safe again.
With love, always — La O.
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