“If it squeezes you, it’s not normal, it’s a clue something’s off.”

In the forest nobody tells moss: “be straight, be slim, be narrow”. Moss spreads where it can and where it wants, without apologising or asking permission. And your foot, when you let it, does something similar: it opens up, shares out the weight of your gorgeous body, looks for balance, and settles where it knows it needs to be.

We sometimes live like we’re stuck in a modern toe box, squeezing schedules, squeezing answers, squeezing feelings so they look nice. And then the body protests where you least expect it: your belly hurts, you get sores, your hair starts falling out…

Maybe the trick isn’t going barefoot through life like a maniac. Maybe the trick is simply making space. A gap in your calendar. An “I can’t make it” without tacking on a three-paragraph excuse. An afternoon without flooring the mental accelerator.

Where in your day are you cramming the tips of your emotional toes into a space that’s too small, and what would happen if today you gave yourself a little more room?