Your nervous system is not broken. It is a garden. Trauma doesn’t destroy the nervous system. It changes what it learned to grow. Hypervigilance is a plant that grew in dangerous soil. Shutdown is a vine that protected energy during drought. Dissociation is a seed that learned to survive harsh weather. Healing is not about ripping these plants out. It is about slowly changing the conditions. More safety. More warmth. More time in the sun. And over time, new growth appears. Calm. Curiosity. Connection. Here, we believe healing is not force. It is cultivation. 🌿 What is something you have gently helped grow in yourself lately? — The Purple Phoenix Collective