05/12/2025
You don't rebuild self-trust in one big moment.
It doesn't come through one big breakthrough, a brave speech, or one perfect decision.
It comes back quietly, in the tiny choices you make when nobody’s watching. Self-trust returns every time you choose what your body needs over what somebody else wants from you.
Every time you pause instead of react.
Every time you breathe instead of over-explaining.
Every time you wait to respond until your hands stop shaking.
Every time you say, “Not right now, my body isn’t OK.”
That’s self-trust.
Not loud, not dramatic, just honest.
Because what you feel in your chest, your throat, your stomach… that’s not inconvenience. That’s information.
That’s your body saying: This matters. Listen to me.
And the more you listen, the less you numb.
When you stop abandoning yourself just to keep the peace, when you stop gaslighting your own reactions, when you stop outsourcing your truth to people who don’t hold you gently…
Slowly, very slowly, your body starts to trust again.
Because it finally feels heard.
Self-trust is not a moment.
It’s a relationship with you.
And you’re learning how to love yourself back
