Coming Home to My Body: What Chronic Illness Has Taught Me About Healing & Self-Trust

For many years, my relationship with my body felt distant and complicated. Chronic illness shaped my days in quiet, unpredictable ways, and I learned early on to push through, override discomfort, and keep moving. What I didn’t realize was how deeply disconnected I had become from myself.

There came a point where I could no longer keep operating that way. I began noticing the subtle ways my body communicated: exhaustion, heaviness, tension, or the sense that I was carrying more than I could name. Slowly, through somatic practices, moments of stillness, and ancestral stories that reminded me of where I come from, I began to rebuild trust with my body in ways I had never been taught.

This work is centered on the experiences of Women of Color who navigate chronic illness within cultural and systemic realities that often disregard or diminish our pain. And still, the reflections inside this piece are supportive for any woman living with chronic illness who is learning how to reconnect with her body in a gentler, more respectful way.

If you’re curious about what it looks like to come home to yourself again, I invite you to read the full article.

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