15/12/2025
The aftermath of what happened in Bondi has really landed in my body. My heart hurts. And it’s not only for the lives that were lost, though that alone is devastating.
It’s for everyone who was there.
Everyone who witnessed it.
Everyone who ran, hid, froze, helped.
And it’s also for those of us who have watched the footage, read the updates, and felt what happened ripple through our nervous systems, even from a distance.
Because our bodies don’t know the difference.
They don’t know whether we were physically there
or whether we stepped into it through a screen, through empathy, through imagination.
The body still responds.
A tightening.
A held breath.
A quiet fear that settles in the chest.
It’s had me reflecting on how mindful we need to be with what we allow in. What we ingest. What we digest. What we expose our nervous systems to.
Not from avoidance.
Not from denial.
But from self-leadership.
Because the aftermath of events like this doesn’t just live in the mind. It lives in the body and it impacts how we show up, how we move forward.
And while what happened is absolutely devastating, we are not meant to live in a perpetual state of contraction.
We are being asked, again and again, to return to our bodies.
To let the breath move again.
To allow openness, aliveness, and possibility back in.
Not bypassing the pain.
Not pretending it didn’t happen.
But not allowing fear or trauma to quietly take the wheel of our lives either.
There is so much happening in the world right now.
So many moments that shake us, move us, and impact our energy in ways we don’t always consciously realise.
And for those of us who are lightworkers, changemakers, leaders, here to make a difference, this matters.
This is a gentle reminder, for me and for you.
Feel what needs to be felt.
Be discerning with what you consume.
Come back into your body.
Let the breath soften.
And stay in remembrance of why you’re here.
Not in fear.
But in presence.
In activation.
In devotion to what’s still possible, even in a world that breaks our hearts sometimes.
Belinda 🌺