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Farhana Johnston posted a new post, on the site Wellbee Social 3 months ago
Why Most Fitness Advice Was Never Built for Woman Carrying This MuchThere is something many women know in their bodies but have not always had language for: most fitness advice was never built with their real life in mind. It was built for a version of womanhood that has more time, […]
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Farhana Johnston posted an update 4 months ago
When the Plan Doesn’t Fit the Woman
Most fitness advice was not built for a woman carrying what you carry.
It was built for someone with extra time, energy, bandwidth; someone whose body can be the main project.
That is not how many women are living. You are thinking, managing and holding things together all day. By the time wellness gets its turn, you are already spent.
Then the…
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Farhana Johnston posted a new post, on the site Wellbee Social 4 months ago
Why So Many Holistic Women Still Feel Disconnected From Their BodiesThere is a pattern I have noticed for years and it shows up more often than many women realize: someone can be deeply committed to healing and still feel disconnected from her body. She may be…
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Farhana Johnston posted an update 4 months ago
4 months ago (edited)
When Holistic Healing Leaves the Body Out
A lot of women in holistic spaces say they honor the mind, body and spirit. But the body usually gets invited in last. It gets a seat at the table only after the fatigue,
After the weight gain,
After the anxiety,
After the insomnia,After the body has been whispering, nudging, and finally screaming for attention.
We will cleanse. Journal. Pull…
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Farhana Johnston updated their cover photo 4 months ago
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Farhana Johnston posted an update 5 months ago
Over-functioning women do not know how anxious they are because anxiety looks like productivity on them.
It looks like planning, fixing, monitoring, remembering everything, helping everyone, staying busy enough to avoid feeling.
From the outside, it looks responsible. From the inside, it feels like “If I stop managing all of this, everything will…
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Farhana Johnston posted an update 5 months ago
Nobody checks on the woman who looks capable. They assume she is fine because she handles things.
Because she knows what to do.
Because she keeps going.
Because she does not fall apart in public.
But being “the strong one” often means you learned very early that your needs were less important than your function.
So you became…
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So very true!
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Farhana Johnston posted an update 5 months ago
There is a difference between falling apart and no longer being able to hold yourself together the old way.
Over-functioning women are praised for being strong when what they really are is over-responsible, overextended, and emotionally under-supported.
So now that your body is tired, your patience is thin and your old coping methods are not…
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Farhana Johnston posted an update 7 months ago
I’ll be honest— I’ve tried to 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 “spring energy” in January before. It didn’t make my habits better. 𝗜𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁.
Forcing it creates a very specific vibe- 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗵𝗼𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆.
Wake up behind → make a dramatic “new me” plan before coffee → crash by Thursday → 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗧
And then you call it “lack of discipline.”
No. It’s just a stupid…
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Farhana Johnston posted an update 7 months ago
I sat down to “work.” Then management arrived.
Apparently the correct way to build a business is:
1. Open laptop
2. Pull up your blueprint
3. Get emotionally supported by a warm, purring paperweight who insists you stop forcing life
So if you’ve been trying to power-through January like it’s a productivity contest, consider this your…
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