04/06/2026
One of the most stubborn beliefs I’ve had to challenge wasn’t “I’m not good enough.”
It was:
“I’m not doing enough.”
For years, I assumed that if something wasn’t changing, the answer was more effort.
More learning.
More analysing.
More fixing.
More trying.
So when I first started learning about nervous system work and was told to slow down and pay attention to what was happening in my body, my honest reaction was:
“That’s it?”
It felt far too simple to matter.
Part of me genuinely believed there must be more to it.
Surely healing, growth and change had to come from doing more.
What I didn’t realise at the time was that this belief was the very thing keeping me disconnected from myself.
I was so focused on finding the next answer that I wasn’t paying attention to the information that was already there.
The tension in my chest.
The knot in my stomach.
The urge to push through.
The exhaustion I kept overriding.
The emotions I was analysing instead of feeling.
Learning to notice those things didn’t feel productive.
It didn’t feel impressive.
It certainly didn’t feel like enough.
But over time, I realised that awareness wasn’t the absence of change.
It was the beginning of it.
Now, whenever I catch myself thinking I need to do more, learn more or fix more, I often pause and ask:
“What am I not listening to?”
Because sometimes the next step isn’t more effort.
Sometimes it’s more connection.
Does “I’m not doing enough” resonate with you too? Let me know in the comments 👇
