Can’t Tell What Your Body Is Saying? Start Here [episode 112]
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Something I shared in episode 108 about boundaries was “If it’s a no from my body, it’s a no from my mouth,” and I one hundred percent meant that.
After that episode, a listener reached out with a question I think many of us quietly hold: “I don’t even know what my body is saying. How do I learn what it’s trying to tell me?”
In today’s episode, I’m talking about what to do if you can’t tell what your body is saying. If you’ve spent years in survival mode (especially in agriculture), disconnecting from your body isn’t a failure; it’s a skill you learned to get through hard seasons.
Pushing through, overriding needs, and ignoring cues, that’s how many of us survived. Of course, it feels confusing to suddenly be asked to “listen to your body” when you have NO idea how to do that!
Cattle don’t debate their internal signals; they eat, drink, and move when they want to. Humans start out that way, but somewhere along the line, we learn to override every single cue our body sends.
We call it grit, toughness, and efficiency. But long-term, that override button costs us connection, peace, and capacity.
If you’re wondering how to reconnect with what your body is saying, start with awareness. I promise, it’s never too late to relearn what your body is trying to tell you!
In this episode, Can’t Tell What Your Body Is Saying? Start Here, I cover:
- Why so many of us genuinely have NO idea what our bodies are trying to tell us
- How we learn to override body cues in survival mode
- Why we put logic on a pedestal, but ignore sensations & emotions
- What happens when we ignore body signals for too long
- My personal story of what chronic override in the body can look like
- Why feeling requires SAFETY first
- How to start tuning in through non-judgmental awareness & curiosity
- How to read your body like you read cattle
- Why awareness is the first step that creates the next right action
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- Listen to my private podcast, The Draw
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- Join the waitlist for the Good Movement Collective
- Good Movement music by: Aaron Espe
- Podcast produced by: Jill Carr Podcasting
Connect with Terryn:
- Follow on Instagram @terryn.drieling
- Check out my website
- Send me an email at terryn@terryndrieling.com
Related Episodes:
- Episode 81: Feeling Without Falling Apart: How to Start When It Feels Like Too Much
- Episode 101: One Intentional Breath: My First Step Toward Emotional Healing
- Episode 108: Shut the Gate: Boundaries That Grow Capacity
More about the Good Movement Draws Good Movement podcast:
In stockmanship (the art and science of handling cattle in a safe, effective, low-stress manner), we have this phrase . . . good movement draws good movement.
It’s this thing that happens when we ask a small group of cattle, maybe a cow, or a pair to move out in a certain direction, and their movement draws the whole herd into moving in the same direction.
Good movement happens when we approach the cattle with a positive attitude, read and really listen to what they’re telling us, and communicate accordingly.
We don’t approach the aware, flighty cattle the same as we do the tame, docile cattle. We adjust ourselves, our energy, and approach, and communicate with each differently.
These adjustments help us effectively draw good movement from each, which then draws good movement from the herd. But it starts with us.
The same is true for humans. Good movement starts with us.
Welcome to Good Movement Draws Good Movement, the podcast where farmers, ranchers, and rural folks can grow relationally through awareness, understanding, and effective communication.
Hey, it’s me – T. I’m your host, and I, along with my guests, will be covering topics related to drawing good movement – things like self and social awareness, brain science, positive psychology, extending grace, and so much more.
We’ll share tools that can help you understand why you are the way you are, why others are the way they are, and how you can use that to step out of self-told lies with grace and compassion to draw good movement in conversations, relationships, and life in rural America.
Tune in every Tuesday and make sure to hit subscribe so you never miss an episode! Let’s go draw good movement!
