A Day Inside: Healing, Heatwaves & Holding Space

Lately, I’ve been sleeping in a lot.
It’s been frustrating, in a way – this heaviness, this need for more rest than usual.
But this morning, I read something that cracked something open inside me:

“Nobody really talks about this, but once you start healing past trauma and your body comes out of ‘fight or flight’ mode, your body will crave a lot of rest and silence. Your body finally starts to feel safe in the peace and quiet. The calm. You aren’t lazy; your body is just catching up on all the years it didn’t have this stillness. You. Deserve. This.”

And I exhaled. Deeply.

Because I’ve been doing so much inner work over the last six weeks – emotional clearing, deep reflection, shedding old layers – and I’ve felt so raw, emotional, and quiet.
Craving solitude.
Craving silence.
Craving a slower way of being.

My home has been my sacred retreat – my soft place to land.
The world can feel overstimulating, loud, overwhelming… but here, at home, I get to be just me.
It’s where I leave everything outside the door and come back to myself – unmasked, unfiltered, undone.

I’ve been cooking a lot lately – nourishing my body with what it asks for.
Simple, grounding meals. Warm spices. Cooling fruits.
It feels like an offering of love to my body, especially during these hot, heavy days that perimenopause makes it harder.
The heat has been unbearable over the last few days. I couldn’t bring myself to leave the house. It’s not just physical discomfort – it’s the anxiety that creeps in, the breathlessness, the panic that builds like a wave.
So I stayed in, gave myself permission to listen and tend.

Despite that, today has been deeply productive in its own, quiet way.

I’ve spent the day immersed in The Sattva Collective CIC – updating the website, drafting this month’s newsletter, emailing my local MP, applying for grants, and setting up our fundraising page. This work means so much to me – it’s the living, breathing embodiment of my story, and the women I walk alongside.

Speaking of story, Asian Voice recently interviewed me about my journey, the South Asian experience of midlife and menopause, and how I’m creating space for these conversations to be had with more compassion, more truth, and more visibility.
You can read the piece here: Empowering Midlife and Menopause Journeys.

So no, I haven’t been lazy.
I’ve been healing.
I’ve been honouring the cycles of my body and soul.
And slowly, quietly, I’ve been doing the work that matters most – within and around me.

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