Ritual doesn’t have to be religious, weird, or woo-woo. Think of ritual as a way to give your brain sensory (sight, touch, sound, smell, etc) symbols of a shift you want to make.
Maybe it’s a big ritual like a moonlight burial of the mementos from a relationship it’s time to let go of, or just a sunday-morning, open-window, Lizzo-blasting deep clean.
The more emerging neuroscience research underlines the intricate link between psychology and body- the more I believe it is important to give our body’s sensory experiences to hold as reminders of the changes we want to make.
