Why I stopped pushing and started listening

For many years, I lived in doing-mode. I was strong. Capable. Responsible. I pushed forward. I showed up. I kept going.

From the outside, everything looked fine. But inside, something slowly began to fade.

My body was tired. My nervous system was overloaded. And I had quietly lost connection with myself.

Like so many women, I was used to being the one who holds everything together. I didn’t question the pace. I didn’t question the pressure. I just adapted.

Until one day, my body said stop. Burnout doesn’t always arrive loudly. Sometimes it comes softly — as exhaustion, headaches, tension, or a deep sense of disconnection.

For me, it was my first wake-up call. I realized that I had been living mostly in my head, while my body had been whispering for a long time. That moment changed everything. I began listening.

Not to productivity goals.
Not to expectations.
But to my breath.
My body.
My inner voice.

Yoga became more than movement.
Meditation became more than silence.
Breathwork became a lifeline.
Mindful movement became medicine.

Slowly, gently, I started changing direction. But life had one more lesson waiting.

After a long time of ignoring pain, ignoring my gut feeling, and pushing through signals that something wasn’t right, I experienced a stroke. It became my second wake-up call.

Lying in the hospital, suddenly vulnerable and forced into stillness, everything became quiet in a new way. I saw clearly how long I had been overriding my body’s wisdom. Even though I had already begun listening, this moment asked me to listen fully.

To truly slow down.
To trust my body again.
To choose softness instead of survival mode.

That experience changed me deeply. I learned that real strength isn’t about pushing harder.

It’s about softening.
Pausing. Being. Feeling. Allowing.

That was the beginning of Karítas FLOW.

Not as a business idea — but as a lived experience. Finding the way back home to myself, and sharing it.

I created this space because I know how it feels to be overwhelmed. I know how it feels to carry too much. And I also know how powerful it is when we finally give ourselves permission to slow down.

Today, I guide others back into their bodies — from pressure to presence, from stress to flow.

Not to fix themselves. Not to quit their jobs or to stop longing for success. But to remember who they are.

Karítas FLOW is for those who feel tired of pushing.
For those longing for softness in a loud world. For those ready to listen inward and wonder what it means to truly thrive.

This is your invitation to move differently.
To breathe deeper.
To come home.

With love,
Karítas 🤍