YOUR BODY KNOWS BEFORE YOU DO (AND IT'S NOT IMPRESSED BY YOUR VISION BOARD)

Your cells already voted. Your brain is still counting ballots from the wrong election.

Something landed in your life recently that looks... underwhelming. Not shiny. Not Instagram-worthy. Not the thing you described to your therapist using words like “expansive” and “aligned.” It showed up looking like a Tuesday and your brain immediately filed it under “can’t be it, too boring.”

Meanwhile your chest did something weird. It softened. Without your permission.

And now you’re in a standoff with your own nervous system because your mind is screaming “BUT WHERE’S THE FIREWORKS” while your ribcage is quietly exhaling like it just got home after seven years abroad. (Your ego has formally requested a recount. Your cells have declined to participate in further discussions.)

There’s a reason your body responds before your thoughts arrive. Interoception isn’t intuition dressed up for a TED talk. It’s a continuous measurement system running calculations your conscious mind will never be invited to. Your pulse knows compatible before your brain finishes the pros and cons list. Your ski…