🪞Mirror Me Blog: August Reclamation — “The Day I Chose Peace”
Published: August 2, 2025
Series: Mirror Me: Honey & Fire
Theme: Nervous System Reset | Inner Stillness | Choosing Ease
🔥 From Hypervigilance to Healing: The Quiet Revolution
For years, my nervous system was my alarm clock.
I could sense tension before it entered the room.
I scanned faces for approval. I tiptoed in my own home.
I lived with my shoulders near my ears.
I didn’t know the difference between being safe and being silent.
But today?
Today, I chose peace.
This wasn’t the kind of peace that asked me to shrink.
It wasn’t passive, performative, or pretend.
It was power.
The kind that comes when the fight finally ends inside you.
The kind that says:
“I no longer need to explain myself.”
“I no longer need to brace myself.”
“I am safe to exhale.”
Even the storm can learn to rest.
Peace — /pēs/
noun
More than silence.
More than stillness.
A nervous system no longer scanning for danger.
A spirit that no longer needs to defend itself to feel worthy.
The place you return to when you finally remember:
You are allowed to feel good now.
💐 This August, I choose: Stillness, without suspicion
Softness, without apology
Silence, without shame
Peace, without performance
They don’t get to define my rhythm.
They don’t get to disturb my rest.
I was always the healer.
I was always the protection.
I was always the peace.
This month, I return to my still point.
To ease.
To breath.
To me.
💎 What’s next for Mirror Me?
Now that we've made it through the war zones—
the healing gets to feel soft.
Here’s what’s blooming in August:
🌾 Breathwork + stillness sessions inside the Mirror Me portal
🪞 Gentle meditations to help you regulate, not just reflect
📓 Somatic prompts to rewrite how safety feels in your body
💌 Blog entries like medicine for your inner child
🧘🏾♀️ And always: rest, ritual, and remembering who you are
Peace isn’t passive—it’s power on purpose.
And I am the permission I was waiting for.
✨ You are safe.
✨ You are held.
✨ You are allowed to rest.
Happy August. Let stillness be your sanctuary.
☀️ Signed,
Audrah — the storm who became the garden
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✍🏾 Mirror Prompt: “When My Body Feels Safe…”
What physical signals tell me I am relaxed, grounded, or calm?
What spaces, people, or environments naturally help my body exhale?
Where am I still holding tension that isn’t mine to carry anymore?
Now complete this journal declaration:
“Today, I give my body permission to feel safe without earning it.
I no longer need fear to prove that I’m alert.
I trust myself to rest.”