Peeing When I Need To

I keep peeing my pants this week.

I’m pretty solid with my kegels so I don’t think that’s the problem, although I know we have a number of women in this community that can help if it is! I think it's because I keep holding it until the very last minute. Oops, another pair of jeans need washing, like come on!

Obviously I need January, The Well’s month where we focus on listening to our bodies.

Girls, I LOVE to ignore my body! It doesn’t end with peeing, that’s just the beginning. You know when someone asks you to do something  and your gut is yelling NOOOOOOO but you say yes because your body must be wrong.  Your mind telling you what you ’should’ do must be right. Um ok.. 

Guilt, responsibility, other people’s expectations keep me an arms length from this beautiful body of mine. This body that just keeps on trucking, saying ‘ok Tammy, here we go again, but when will she learn?’

I think my bodies’ narrative would go something like this:

'She just takes me for granted,

calls me names,

insults me,

can’t even look at me,

sometimes I think she hates me.

Damn girl, I work SO hard for you.

It’s because of me that you are able to do all these things.

Can you just slow down for a second?

Maybe toss a compliment my way?

You're treating me like a girlfriend you want to get rid of.

I really don’t think it’s wise to throw me away,

ignore me,

mistreat me,

and expect me to stick around.

Can you just notice me?

Look at me?

Love me?

I need you to see me.

Like really see me for who I am, and accept me for who I am.

Stop trying to change me, it’s literally killing me.

I don’t know about you, but I certainly wouldn’t put up with a partner treating me like this.

We need to stop.

Join us this January as we tune back into ourselves: listen to what we want for life, for business and for our bodies. Let’s start peeing when we need to. Get up from our desks and move around. Set a timer to take 5, to deep breathe. Let’s get curious, without judgment, about our daily decisions, and ask our bodies what they want. Let’s start listening.