Embodied Living: Expressing Our Many Parts
Because none of us are just one thing… embodied living is how we give space to all of our parts.
Lately I’ve been thinking about what it means to live in a way that feels whole. Not one dimensional. Not reduced to a category, a niche or an algorithm. But alive to all the parts of who we are.
For me, embodied living is bringing mind, body, spirit and the environments we create into wholeness. It’s an invitation to express all of our parts, not just the ones the world notices first.
I find it in many places:
in the studio with paint and canvas
in the corners of my home
in beauty and design
in travel and photography
in my background as a psychotherapist
in beginning my Reiki practice
in the words I write
Fourteen years ago, after the birth of my third child, I closed my psychotherapy private practice. At the time, I knew it was the right choice, but I also sensed I might return to this work one day. Now I’m in the process of reactivating my LCSW, deepening my healing work and continuing to create art and spaces that reflect who we are. The timing feels right and the nudges have been undeniable.
In a world that tries to reduce us to a single identity, a marketable niche or an algorithm, I resist that notion. Most of us don’t have just one purpose, even though the self-help world often pushes us to find “the one thing.” None of us are just one thing. We are layered, complex, human. Always changing and evolving.
Living fully embodied allows us to express more of who we are and bring forward the gifts only we can offer. And in doing so, we serve the world in a way that is fuller, truer and more alive. My hope is that you give space for all of your parts too, because the world needs the fullness of you.
