Dr. Jody Carrington

All right.

There's three things that I think matter the most in order to show up for the people we love.

And it all starts with us.

So you have to go in first.

I need to get back to the best parts of you first.

And how you do that real easy is you do this with me real quick.

Drop your shoulders.

Drop your tongue from the roof of your mouth.

Wiggle your toes and let your gut out.

That's a relaxed body.

That is indicating to your neurophysiology that you are safe.

And we spend very little time here.

We are worried about our babies and our parents and our jobs and our podcasts and all the things.

Are we making an impact?

Are we too much?

Are we not enough?

And that causes our body to slam our tongue to the roof of our mouth and puts our shoulders up, which would indicate historically that we're in danger.

Okay.

When you live in a marginalized body, this happens anyway, because the truth is it is more dangerous than it is for many people.

So being able to do this on purpose is going to be one of the greatest interventions and gifts you can give yourself.