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We’re told that healing has a deadline. That growth needs to be visible. That if you’re not blooming by now, you must be behind. But what if the problem isn’t that we’re late?
What if the problem is that we’re rushing?
In today’s episode, I invited us all to sit our asses down and ask a better question: What does it look like to grow like a native plant, slow, deep, and in rhythm with the land? Because urgency isn’t just a feeling. It’s a function of supremacy culture designed to keep us reactive, disconnected, and ashamed.
Three Takeaways
1. Urgency is Manufactured to Distract You from Depth
Urgency culture is supremacy culture. It tells us that everything needs to be fixed now, that grief should be short-lived, and that liberation is a sprint. But real transformation requires slowness, grief, and pause.
2. Healing Has Seasons—and They Aren’t All Visible
We praise the bloom but ignore the root. Most growth happens underground—invisible, unmeasured, and unglamorous. Stillness is sacred labor.
3. Mimicking Nature Means Trusting the Timing of Your Becoming
Nature does not rush and yet everything gets done. Trees rest. Flowers fold. And you? You are nature. So rest, root, and bloom in your own time.
Powerful Share
"The sun doesn’t just go down and pop back up. It travels. It moves in community with other celestial bodies. So why don’t we allow ourselves the same grace? Why do we shame ourselves for not being in full bloom every damn day? You’re not late. You’re right on time. You just might be underground right now, and underground is sacred too."
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