Coming Home to Yourself: An Invitation to Embodiment
- Connor Drew
- Mar 13
- 3 min read
“Denying the impulse to become whole is a bit like resisting the next inhale once we have exhaled fully. It is not possible. There is a similar process at play in the psyche/soul, 'which resists our denial of the (full) Self, and impels us to become all that we can be to fulfill ourselves. This impulse demands that we don’t exist on just sips of life, but that we drink from the well..” – Clarrissa Pinkola Estes (Author of Women Who Run With Wolves.)
Hey friend!
You’ve been carrying so much, haven’t you?
All the ways you’ve learned to stay strong, to hold it together, to keep moving. Maybe you got good at it—so good, in fact, that even the people closest to you didn’t notice the quiet weight you carry inside. Maybe you stopped noticing, too.
But there’s something stirring in you now. A soft knowing. You’re realizing that pushing through, masking, bypassing what’s real—it’s not working anymore. It never really did. It just kept you distant from the one thing you’ve always longed for: yourself.
This isn’t about blame. Not yours, not theirs.
Maybe you were raised in a home where feelings were inconvenient or dangerous. Maybe you were praised for being strong, for not making a fuss. Or maybe you’ve simply lived in a world that told you emotions were messy, weak, something to fix or ignore. And so you learned to disconnect, because it was safer that way.
But love, disconnection comes at a cost. When we cut off from our emotions, we cut off from ourselves. And the beautiful truth is—you don’t have to stay there. You can come home. You can remember how to be with yourself in the deepest, truest way.
You don’t have to exist on just sips of life; you can drink from the well.
This is the work of embodiment. Not forcing or fixing or trying to get it right. Just being with what is. Listening to your body, to the subtle cues you’ve been tuning out for years. The tightness in your chest. The flutter in your belly. The ache behind your eyes. They aren’t here to hurt you. They’re here to guide you home.
It’s not always easy. I won’t pretend it is. But you don’t have to do it all at once. You can start small. Place a hand on your heart. Take one deep breath. Notice what you feel, without judging it or making it wrong. Give yourself permission to stay, just for a moment.
Check out Part 3 Pre-therapy: Interoception for more ideas.
Ask yourself: where do I feel most alive? Where do I feel shut down? What would it be like to listen, to soften, to let yourself be?
Because here’s the thing: you deserve to live fully. To feel fully. To be fully here, in your own skin. Not hiding. Not pretending. Not holding your breath. But breathing deeply, standing tall, grounded in your own knowing.
If interested, be on the look out for a new course we are creating on safe embodiment. It’s about coming back to yourself in a way that honors where you are right now. No rushing. No pushing. Just gentle, loving presence. Because healing isn’t about fixing what’s broken, although it can feel that way. It’s about remembering and finding what was never lost, but felt so lost!
So if you’ve been taught to push your feelings away, to wear a mask, to soldier on—I see you. And I want you to know: there’s another way. A softer way. A way that leads you home.
You are not alone in this. So many of us were raised in systems that taught us to disconnect—from our feelings, from our bodies, from our truth. But we can unlearn. We can re-member. We can choose to be here, fully alive, even when it’s hard.
It is not possible to deny the impulse to become whole. You were made for it. Every breath is made for it.
This is your invitation. To explore what it means to be embodied. To come home to yourself, one breath at a time. I’m walking this path, too. And I can tell you, it’s worth it.
You’re worth it.
Peace & Love,
Armandee
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