The big cedar tree stands stiff and proud. It does not bend. And sometimes, in a storm, it comes crashing down. All that strength, and it could not survive.
The reed — that tall, thin, grassy plant near the water — bends all the way over. It looks like it is going to snap. But it does not. When the wind stops, it straightens back up. It is still there. Still whole.
Has your body has been in a storm – Maybe for a long time?
Were You Told Something About Your Health, Which was Difficult to Believe & Difficult to Accept?
Maybe you were told: “We do not know what causes this. There is no cure. You just have to live with it”.
Those words land like a door closing. i know the feeling, because I have experienced this.
You go home. You try to get on with things. You cancel plans when your body says no. You smile and say you are fine when you are not fine. You get very good at managing. At coping. At making yourself smaller so your illness takes up less space in other people’s lives.
But somewhere inside, there is a version of you that has not gone anywhere. A version that wants to eat a meal without worrying. Sleep through the night. Wake up and just… live. Without the checklist. Without the dread.
“The door closing is not the end of the house.”
What You Are Missing?
You know the feeling of missing out. The holiday you did not book. The evening you left early. The morning you woke up exhausted before the day had even started.
But the thing that hurts most is harder to name. It is the life running alongside yours — the one where you are not managing your body every single day. The one where you are physically present. Just not there.
That life is not a fantasy. But it will not arrive while you are still being a cedar tree — rigid, braced, waiting for the storm to pass.
Were You Asked the Right Questions?
Here is something simple: Your body is a living entity and it knows what its doing. It works as a whole unit and everything is dependant on everything else. All of it. Your gut and your nerves. Your tiredness and your stress. The ache that has no name and the anxiety that arrives without warning. They are not separate problems. They are one body trying to tell one story.
But are you asked about your whole story? Invariably, its about the part that showed up on the test. They treat the symptom. They manage the flare. And they send you home.
The question nobody asks is this: what does your whole body need?
Western medicine (conventional medicine) is best at treating acute conditions, infections, and managing symptoms. Its core strengths include complex surgical procedures and it operates as a reactive healthcare system.
Reflexology and Craniosacral therapy are non invasive therapies that help you to take a proactive choices for your physical and emotional well-being. By aiming to identify the root cause/s of health issues, these therapies focus on your nagging health concerns, support disease prevention and restore your optimal health through personalized lifestyle shifts. They are safe, gentle and effective.
That is the question my book was written to open.
“Your body is not broken. It is asking for something different.”
Be the Reed
I know what it is to be told there is no answer. I have sat in that room. I have heard those words. I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and told to simply “there is no cure, you need to live with it”.
I chose to bend instead of break. I asked different questions. I looked at my body and emotions as a whole — not just the part that was hurting, “If a treatment helps”, I reasoned, “does it matter Why” – particularly if it is safe, gentle and there are no side-effects.
I am not telling you my journey is yours. Our bodies are different. Stories are different. What I am saying is that the ceiling you have been given is not necessarily the roof.
There are questions still worth asking. There are doors still worth opening. And the version of yourself that keeps getting postponed is not gone — it is just waiting for you to stop being the cedar and start being the reed.
Are you tired of being the cedar in the storm?
Reply to this post or drop me a message — I’d love to hear where you are in your healing journey.
