Not Everything You Think is True. That's Great News.

Have you ever caught yourself thinking something like:

“If I move like that, I’ll make it worse.”
“My body is broken.”
“Pain means I’m doing damage.”
“I’ll always feel this way.”

These thoughts feel true. They sound like facts.
But they’re often just stories, narratives shaped by pain, fear, and past experiences.

And like all stories, they can be revised, or at least reconsidered.

🧠 Why the Brain Tells Stories

Your brain is a meaning-making machine. When pain shows up (especially over a long time), your brain tries to explain it. That’s its job, to protect you.

But here’s the catch: the brain doesn’t always get it right.
In fact, it tends to err on the side of threat.

That’s why even safe movements can feel dangerous.
It’s why the pain sticks around even after tissues have healed.
It’s why we often start to believe that our bodies can’t be trusted.

But the science is clear: the nervous system is changeable. The pain system is trainable. The story is still unfolding.

🧘‍♀️ What Mindfulness Has to Do With It

Mindfulness gives us the space to pause and ask:

“Is this thought true?”
“Is it helpful?”
“What else might be possible?”

Instead of reacting to every internal warning like it’s a red alarm, we start to observe. We create space between the story and our response.

And in that space, we can start to try again.
A gentle movement.
A new belief.
A shift in how we speak to ourselves.

💡 Building Trust in the Body

Trust doesn’t come back all at once. But like any relationship, it grows through small, consistent acts:

• Moving gently and noticing what actually happens

• Letting go of catastrophizing thoughts when you can

• Replacing “I can’t” with “I’m learning to”

• Saying to your body: “I’m listening now. I’m trying.”

These are not small things.
These are neurobiological rewrites.
And you’re doing them, one breath, one practice, one story at a time.

You don’t need a perfect body to trust it.
You just need a new way to relate to it.