**🌦️ Winter Aches, But My Spirit Doesn’t

Simply Flava • 9AM Light Story**

The weather is shifting again — cold mornings, darker evenings, and that familiar ache settling into my hips like it has a key to my body. Normally, winter tries to boss me around.

But this year?

I’m coming in with a different approach, and a different attitude.

My body still talks… but I don’t give every discomfort a microphone anymore.

I’ve learned to ease myself into the day with intention:

Morning BreathWork to open my lungs and calm my mind

A quiet prayer to ground me

A few minutes of meditation to soften my spirit

Simple movement to let my joints know, “Hey, we woke up — let’s do this.”

Then I slip on my sunflower blinders, grab my leopard-print headphones, and head into that hospital relaxed, calm, and steady.

Ready. Set. Go.

And somewhere between the breathwork and the drive, I realized something powerful:

I can control a lot of how my day feels

—even the parts that technically “hurt.”

Not by pretending the aches aren’t there.

Not by pushing myself beyond my limits.

But by accepting what’s happening in my body…without letting it take over my whole day.

Some days, the discomfort is louder.

Some days, the cold creeps in a little deeper.

But this winter, I’m approaching it all with a softer heart and a steadier mind.

Because once you stop fighting your body and start listening to it, you learn how to move through the day with peace —even if you’re moving slowly.

And that’s all I need this season.

A calm mind, a steady breath, my sunflower blinders, my leopard headphones…and the reminder that I’m stronger than any winter ache.