The Blog
This is where Buffy Owens muses on the threads of curiosity woven throughout her life. She tugs at the threads of body wisdom, follows the rhythms and seasons of being human, and gathers the dreams that keep calling us toward the human we’re becoming in the second half of life.
Worth Wounds Silence Your Inner Knowing
What happens when you know exactly what your body needs, but somehow can't give yourself permission to honor it? For nearly thirty years, I understood the importance of living in harmony with my body's natural rhythms, yet I kept pushing through, taking on too much, and following expectations that didn't feel right for me. Looking back, I can see how much of that was connected to my own worth wounds and the need to prove I was enough.
It took turning fifty for me to finally begin making a different choice. In this post, I share what I've learned about the connection between worth wounds, nervous system patterns, and our ability to trust our bodies. I'll also share a simple practice for recognizing the difference between compulsion and authentic motivation, so you can begin making choices from a place of self-trust rather than pressure.
When Forgotten Dreams Start Coming True
One morning, just before the autumn equinox, I flipped back through my dream journal to see what I’d written a year earlier. There it was: an entry titled “Triple-Sister Retreat.” Three women holding circle. Autumn grasses. Singing bowls calling us in. I had no memory of writing it. Yet just the day before, two friends and I had finished mapping out a one-day retreat, the three of us.
That moment got me wondering about the bigger dreams. The life dreams we tuck away on a high, dusty shelf, waiting for the right time. What if they’re still growing beneath the surface, too?