08/23/2026
Hi Dear Friends,
August heat always feels a bit relentless. It’s that heavy, stifling kind of afternoon where the sun just saps your energy and you can feel the heat deep in your bones.
Lately, I’ve been thinking about how much that weather feels like sudden, overwhelming stress. When anxiety kicks in, it’s not just a mental thing—it feels entirely physical, like a fever pulsing through you while your mind starts racing.
But I kept noticing the daisies outside. When the heat gets to be too much, they droop and bow their heads. It’s easy to look at them and think they’re dying or giving up. But they aren’t. It’s actually how they survive. They bow to protect themselves from the worst of the sun. They’re just resting.
I wrote this piece as a reminder to myself that when things get out of control, our breath is still our own. Pausing to decompress or bending under the weight of a heavy day isn’t a sign of weakness. Like the daisy, we can bow our heads, rest through the heat, and trust that we can bend without breaking.
May you always give yourself the grace to pause, to decompress and to bend when the stress gets to be too heavy. It’s a sign of self care, and adapting. It’s not a weakness. Have a blessed Sunday!
Sending Love and light,
Raine
