📰 Your August Reset, Continued: From Surface Fixes to Root Healing

This weekend I was outside pulling weeds — again.

The same weeds I pulled in the spring.

I had done all the “right” things:

🌱 Weed fabric blocker

🌱 A layer of sand

🌱 Rocks on top

And still, here they were. Pushing through. Demanding attention.

Healing is the same way.

We can cut back the surface habits — overcommitting, cooking dinner every night, pushing ourselves to be superhuman — but if the root belief underneath is still there (“I have to do it all to be enough”), it keeps growing back.

One Tool

Take 10 minutes this week to ask yourself:

• What’s the weed I keep pulling over and over?

• What’s the root belief underneath it?

  (Ex: “If I say no, I’ll let people down.” “Rest is lazy.” “If I’m not perfect, I’ll be rejected.”)

Write one of those root beliefs down, and beside it, write:

👉 “This belief kept me safe once. But it doesn’t serve me anymore.”

That acknowledgment alone starts loosening the soil.

One Gentle Reminder

Surface fixes don’t make you weak. But real rest, real freedom, comes from getting curious about what’s underneath. You don’t have to dig it all up at once — but you do deserve to live without pulling the same weeds forever.

🔥 By the Fire Pit

What’s feeding me lately:

• Reading: It’s Not Always Depression by Hilary Jacobs Hendel — a compassionate guide to the emotions underneath our patterns.

• Quote I’m sitting with: “When we avoid our feelings, we stay stuck. When we allow them, we move toward freedom.” — Hilary Jacobs Hendel

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And if the weeds in your life feel too heavy to pull alone, therapy can help you untangle the roots. You don’t have to do the work in silence.

🌱 If you want to go deeper into how core beliefs shape burnout, perfectionism, and anxiety in your everyday life, I’m opening spots in my Chaos to Calm Group for Moms this fall. It’s a supportive space to learn tools, connect with other women, and start loosening those roots together.

Learn more and join the waitlist here

See you next Tuesday,

Moya