Whole Bodied: Reconnecting with Your Physical Self

Today, we are entering a two-month series called: Wholly Living: The Journey to Your Authentic Reveal. This is where we’ll explore what it really means to stop striving to become someone else and start remembering who you already are. 

This month, we are starting with bringing ourselves back into wholeness and no longer living as remnants. We will dive into the 4 pillars of self, and today we are discussing our physical self!

There was a time—if I’m being honest, most of my life—when I treated my body like an inconvenience.

I ignored rest. I overcommitted. I ate junk, stayed up too late, and pushed myself to the brink like my body didn’t matter—as if it wasn’t part of the equation. But the thing about the body is… it doesn’t forget. It keeps score. It remembers the things we try to push through or downplay.

And eventually, it started talking back.

Injuries

A few years ago, there was a month when I couldn’t stop hurting myself. I fell off the bed playing with my kids and almost broke my foot. I hit my head on a ceiling fan. I sliced my hand open trying to force open a battery pack. I kept biting the same spot on my lip until it was too swollen to eat or speak. Then, just when I thought it was over, I stubbed my baby toe so bad I had a hard time walking for a few days.

Now I know that not everything means something, but after like a ton of things happened, I started to wonder what is going on, am I being punished? What am I not getting? 

I was losing my mind trying to figure out why I kept hurting myself!  I am not an accident-prone or clumsy person, so it left me baffled and feeling off.

I even asked God why. Why do I keep getting hurt? 

Was I being punished? 

No, I was not being punished.

But I was being given the opportunity to return to my body and to pay attention to it as part of the message, not just the messenger.

And, after some healing and reflection, I realized every little injury and hurt reflected a deeper misalignment. 

Each injury had something to say. My feet reminded me that I was walking into places not meant for me.

My head—trying to shortcut things to save time—reminded me that my thoughts weren’t centered or grounded.

My hands, wounded by impatience, told me I needed to slow down and do things with intention.

And my mouth? Well… that one hit home. I found myself gossiping and regretting it, speaking without alignment, and it showed up in a loop of literal pain.

These weren’t random injuries. They were messages. A call to return—to my body, to presence, to wholeness.

Sacred Vessel & Disconnection

Our bodies aren’t just things we push around all day. 

They’re sacred vessels. 

Designed to carry purpose, not just pressure. They hold the weight of our lives—our stress, our stories, our silence.

When we stop listening to them, we start to unravel.

Your body holds your story. It remembers. It responds. And it’s often the first place disconnection shows up.

You might be physically disconnected if:

• You override exhaustion with caffeine or pressure
• You’re constantly running on empty, but can’t stop moving
• You feel numb, burnt out, or out of touch with your senses
• You’ve made your body your enemy—something to fix instead of love

This isn’t just a wellness issue. It’s a wholeness issue. When we silence our physical needs, we distance ourselves from our ability to show up full

Whole-Bodied

We live in a world that teaches us to push through. To over ride exhaustion. To silence our needs. To “manage” our body instead of honor it. 

But being whole-bodied isn’t about looking a certain way or performing at some peak level. It’s about being in tune—with your energy, your movement, your needs, and your capacity.

You weren’t created to hustle yourself into the ground. You were created to inhabit this life fully.

And that begins with the body you’ve already been given.

Reflection + Reveal

Each week in this series, we will have a Reflection + Reveal Challenge to practice wholeness. 

I invite you, if you will, to join me this week to practice wholeness in our physical self.

Reflection Practice:

Ask Yourself: Where have I become just a remnant of my physical self?

Think on this, then answer the following questions.

Reflection Prompts:

• When was the last time I truly listened to my body?
• Where am I pushing through pain, exhaustion, or need?
• What is my body trying to tell me that I have been ignoring?
• Is it asking for rest? Water? Nourishment? Breath?
• What would it look like to honor my body instead of managing it?

Reveal Practice:

Now the reveal.

Take 5 minutes to check in with your body. 

Ask:

"What do you need today?"

And then—give your body what it needs.

Listen to it. Respond with grace. Because your body isn’t just tagging along for the ride. It’s part of your wholeness. It’s part of your divine design.

Whether it’s rest, movement, water, nourishment, or just a pause… respond like you matter. Because you do.

For a deeper dive and guide to this Reflection + Reveal Challenge, please download your

FREE Whole-Bodied Workbook here!

Key Takeaways

 ✨Symptoms in our bodies can be big spiritual wake-ups

✨Why ignoring our bodies disconnects us from who we are

✨Our bodies are sacred vessels, created with a divine design

✨Being whole-bodied is about being in tune—with your energy, your movement, your needs, and your capacity.

Final Thoughts

When you reconnect with your physical self, you begin to ground your soul. You stop floating through life and start inhabiting it. You return.

So this week, let’s make space to remember that wholeness begins here—right here in the body you’re living in.

You are not a remnant. 

You are whole. 

You are sacred.

And freedom starts with coming back to yourself.