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Sometimes we will be misunderstood. Sometimes someone will hold a version of us that feels completely unrecognisable. And we don’t have to wrestle that version out of their hands. They’re allowed to have their experience of us. Even if it’s not our truth. Even if they hold it forever.

We can hold two truths. We can have compassion for someone’s experience AND hold them accountable for their behaviour. We can’t know the whole story AND know what we stand for. We can understand why someone behaved the way they did AND still say, “That’s not okay.” That isn’t judgement. That’s integrity.

We spend so much time teaching children how to use their brains. But what about teaching them how to live in the body attached to the brain? How to notice when they’re hungry, tired, overloaded or restless. How to feed themselves. Move themselves. Look after their space. Contribute to a home. Listen to their own rhythm. Because these aren’t little life-admin extras. They’re foundations.