031- Stop Trying

What if the reason you’re exhausted isn’t because you’re failing…

but because you’ve been trying too hard for too long?

In this episode of Beyond Words, I talk about the quiet cost of constant effort — the kind of trying that looks like love, loyalty, and strength, but slowly turns into self-abandonment.

Trying to be chosen.

Trying to be understood.

Trying to keep relationships, dreams, and identities intact by force.

This episode is about what happens when you finally stop.

Not from a place of giving up — but from a place of truth.

When you stop trying to prove your worth, you begin to hear your own voice again.

When you stop over-functioning, people and situations reveal themselves.

When you stop trying to control everything outside of you, clarity forms within.

We explore the nervous-system panic that comes with “not trying,” why effort becomes tied to worth, and how discernment emerges when you let things settle instead of forcing answers.

This episode includes:

• A deep reflection on effort, worth, and survival patterns
• Words From Me to You — an excerpt from The Only Constant
• Words That Found Me — a meditation on letting go without knowing what comes next
• A somatic exercise to release what your body has been holding onto

Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is stop trying — and see what remains.