The Importance of Reconnection for Girls

“To love your authentic self is to surrender to this idea that who you are is already whole and complete.”

The reconnection to oneself is a vital part of mental health and well-being. But first, let me explain what reconnection is. Reconnection is the process of getting out of the negative feeling of disconnection from your authentic self and the world around you. It’s the act of getting out of your emotional stuckness.

Have you ever had that feeling where you don’t feel like yourself? Like ‘you,’ who is typically positive, driven, and energized, all of a sudden feels more stressed, irritable, and exhausted. Up to this moment, you’ve enjoyed your emotional intelligence, sense of humor, and motivation, but now you’re experiencing intense anxiety and short-temperedness, so much so that people feel like they are on thin ice when they’re around you.

These questions should lead you to conclude that you’re experiencing emotional stuckness, a type of disconnection that shuts you off not just from the world but also from yourself. Whatever is the root problem of this disconnection, at this point, your body starts giving you signals that it wants you to stop and ground yourself back into peace and calmness. If you try to ignore it, the emotional build-up in you can manifest as bursts of negativity, anger, and anxiety, like a distress call alarming you to deal with the fire. Eventually, this disconnection can take you to a place where your original emotions are so deeply buried under other feelings and negative experiences that you’ll have no idea how all of this came to be. What can help you? Reconnection.

When we start practicing this type of integrative medicine, we can understand what has initiated these feelings and gain the power to repair what needs repairing. Now, imagine how much this can help young people going through the ups and downs of adolescence?

The transition to adulthood is a turbulent period, especially for girls, giving all the challenges and expectations they face daily. To succeed in this transition, girls need to advance in numerous areas of development – education, work, financial autonomy, relationships, community involvement, and avoidance of unhealthy behaviors. They need to have enough self-esteem and self-reliance to finish this race as winners.

Having strong self-esteem has been shown to help people countless times and in multiple ways, including overcoming anxiety, depression, making better life choices, succeeding academically, and improving relationships with others. For girls and young women, reconnection can be vital for their future and a healthy lifestyle. This reconnection should be threefold – the reconnection with nature, people, and oneself.

Reconnecting with Nature

Human disconnection with nature has caused damage both to the planet and ourselves. We have gone from heavily relying on nature to increased industrialization and urbanization. We have

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