Meet Me Monday, deep into the quiet. Part 2.

 Last week, I shared a blog post about wanting to intentionally focus on self-care and mental health—small, meaningful ways to find a little peace during a time that feels heavy, uncertain, and loud. That post was never meant to offer solutions, but rather permission: permission to slow down, to protect our hearts, and to care for ourselves without guilt.

Over the next two posts, I’ll continue sharing gentle practices like these and introducing voices of women who inspire me—women who lead with love, honesty, creativity, and care. My hope is to create a space that feels steady, comforting, and real.

If you have practices that help you find peace, or if you’d like to be part of this Weekly Quiet Practice Series, I would love to hear from you. This is about community, connection, and reminding each other that we don’t have to carry everything alone.

1. Begin the day without input.
Before checking your phone, the news, or messages, give yourself ten quiet minutes. Sit with your coffee. Look out a window. Stretch. Let your nervous system wake up without urgency. How we start the day often decides how it carries us. 

2. Choose one moment of intentional silence.
Not meditation. Not self-improvement. Just silence. No background noise, no multitasking. Even five minutes counts. Silence isn’t empty—it’s where we remember who we are beneath everything we’re carrying.

3. Write one honest page—for no one else.
No posting. No editing. No making it pretty. Just write what’s true right now. Anger, grief, gratitude, confusion—it all belongs. Letting the truth out quietly is often how it loosens its grip. ( I am keeping this in a folder for the entirety until things get normal again) 

4. Let yourself be held by nature, even briefly.
Step outside. Feel the cold or the sun. Notice a tree, the sky, the sound of birds or wind. Nature asks nothing from us, and that alone can feel like relief.

5. End one evening early—on purpose. Set yourself a bed time! Turn the lights down. Go to bed without finishing the to-do list. Choose rest before exhaustion chooses you. There is nothing lazy about listening to your body when the world is loud.