Today my lower back officially quit. No announcement, no memo, no meeting invite. Just one dramatic click and the nerve said: “I refuse. Goodbye.”
Nothing heroic. Just a woman trying to pick something up and receiving a divine slap from the Universe: “Sit. Down. Immediately.”
Fine. I sat.
The body always tells the truth (unlike… most people)
Mind: “I’m totally fine.” Heart: “We’ll manage, babe.” Body: “HELLO?! WE HAVE A FULL-ON EMERGENCY.”
And honestly it’s the only honest one in the room.
When you’re tired, burned out, or operating like a one-woman rescue team, the body doesn’t negotiate. It hits PAUSE in the most inconvenient moment. Naturally.
Back pain: my new personal (and brutally honest) life coach
Not to exaggerate, but lower back pain is a better mentor than 90% of the “motivational gurus” online.
It tells you, very clearly: • Sit. • Breathe. • Stop performing heroism. • And for the love of sanity don’t lift anything heavier than your self-respect.
• put heat on my back • drank water like a normal human • moved like a yoga beginner who’s also 97 • told myself: “Relax. Nothing will explode if you stop for ten minutes.”
Shocking revelation: The world did not collapse. Not even a polite vibration.
Being gentle with yourself: the most underrated superpower
Half my life I behaved like a bulldozer with emotions. Push, push, push until something cracks.
Now I get it: The real superpower is saying:
“No. Not today.” No to pressure. No to guilt. No to nonsense dressed as responsibility.
Yes, my back hurts. But for the first time, instead of being angry, I laughed. Apparently my body has far better timing and far more humor than I ever realized.
Life Unfiltered means this:
Don’t wait until you fall apart to give yourself permission to rest.
Yes, it still pulls a bit. But here’s the truth:
Your body isn’t sabotaging you. It’s saving you from your own heroic stupidity.
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