Bathroom Map, Then Brunch

Hey there. Welcome back. I'm really glad you're here for Day 3. Before we begin, let's get you set up properly so you get the most out of this session. Find a comfortable position — lying down is ideal, but seated works perfectly too. Let your hands rest naturally, either at your sides or softly on your lap. You don't need to hold anything or grip anything. Just let your hands be easy and open. If you're lying down, let your feet fall naturally apart. If you're seated, feel your feet flat on the floor. You can close your eyes now, or in just a moment when you feel ready. There's no rush. This session is about 20 minutes, and it's designed to be listened to with your full attention — so if you're driving or operating anything, please save this for later when you can be still and safe. A quick note: this is a general wellness session. It's here to support your calm, your confidence, and your relationship with planning and going out into the world. It is not a clinical session, and it doesn't replace any advice from your doctor or healthcare team. Now, one more thing before we drift in. If you listened to Day 1 and Day 2, you already have something real — a felt sense of calm in your body, and a quieter relationship with how your body looks and feels in public. Today we build on that. Today is about the plan. The beautiful, non-obsessive, very hot-girl plan. Because prepared is not the same as panicked. And knowing where the bathroom is? That's just good research.

Hey there. I'm glad we have this time together today. As you're listening to my voice, I want you to notice something. You already know how to do this. You've been here before. Your body already remembers what it feels like to soften. And right now, even before I say anything else, something in you is already beginning to settle. You can feel it, can't you? That small, almost imperceptible shift. Like the moment you sit down after a long day and your shoulders just... drop. That's already happening. Let it. [5 second pause] Now I want you to press your palms together, just for a moment. Lace your fingers if that feels natural. Press them together firmly. [4 second pause] Feel the warmth between your hands. The pressure. The solidity of it. [4 second pause] And now, as I count from five down to one, I want you to let that pressure remind you that you are here, you are grounded, and you are safe. Five. [4 second pause] Hands pressing together, breath slowing. [5 second pause] Four. [4 second pause] Feeling the warmth build between your palms. [5 second pause] Three. [4 second pause] Shoulders already dropping, jaw already softening. [6 second pause] Two. [5 second pause] Almost there. One more breath. [6 second pause] One. [5 second pause] And now let your hands separate and fall gently to rest. Feel the release of that. The ease. [6 second pause] That's right. Just like that. You're already deeper than you were a moment ago, and you didn't even have to try.

And now, as your body continues to settle, I want to bring you somewhere familiar. Not a fantasy place — somewhere real. Somewhere that lives in your body as a feeling more than a location. [5 second pause] Sense yourself getting ready to go out. [4 second pause] Not the anxious version of getting ready. The other version. The one where you have a little more time, a little more ease. [5 second pause] Feel the cool zip of your purse closing. That satisfying little click of the clasp. [4 second pause] Feel the weight of your phone in your hand — warm, familiar, yours. [5 second pause] Sense the soft fabric of whatever you're wearing against your skin. Nothing pulling, nothing tight. Just the easy sensation of being dressed and ready. [6 second pause] And somewhere in that morning, in that getting-ready moment, you did something smart. You checked the map. You looked up the restaurant. You noticed where the bathroom was. Not in a frantic, white-knuckled way. In the same easy way you checked the weather or skimmed the menu. [5 second pause] Feel what that's like in your body. The difference between anxious planning and prepared planning. [6 second pause] Anxious planning feels tight. It feels like gripping. Like scanning for threats. [4 second pause] Prepared planning feels different. It feels like packing an umbrella on a cloudy day. Sensible. Easy. Quietly confident. [6 second pause] Feel that distinction settle into you now. Into your chest, your belly, your hands. [5 second pause] Prepared. Not ruled. Ready. Not rigid. [6 second pause] That's the energy you carry today.

And now let's go a little deeper together. I'm going to count down from ten to one, and with each number, feel yourself settling further into that calm, prepared state. Not going anywhere. Just going inward. [4 second pause] Ten. [7 second pause] Sinking a little deeper into whatever is beneath you. [5 second pause] Nine. [7 second pause] Feel the weight of your body, heavy and easy at once. [5 second pause] Eight. [7 second pause] Your breath is doing exactly what it needs to do, all on its own. [6 second pause] Seven. [8 second pause] Deeper now. Quieter. [6 second pause] Six. [8 second pause] Any thoughts that drift through, just let them pass. Like restaurant chatter in the background — present, but not demanding your attention. [7 second pause] Five. [8 second pause] Halfway there and already so settled. [6 second pause] Four. [8 second pause] Your jaw is soft. Your hands are easy. Your belly is just... being. [7 second pause] Three. [9 second pause] Almost there. Deep and calm and ready. [7 second pause] Two. [9 second pause] One more breath, slow and full. [8 second pause] One. [10 second pause] There you are. Exactly where you need to be.

And from this place, this deep, easy, settled place, I want to speak to the part of you that has spent a lot of energy trying to manage going out. [5 second pause] The part that has opened and closed the same restaurant's website four times. That has mapped the route, then mapped it again. That has wondered, in the quiet of a Tuesday morning, whether brunch is even worth it. [6 second pause] I want to say something to that part of you, gently and clearly: she was trying to help. She was doing her best with what she had. And today, we give her something better. [7 second pause] Because here is what is true. Checking the bathroom situation before you leave is not a sign that something is wrong with you. It is a sign that you are a person who takes care of herself. [5 second pause] Hot girls check the menu and the bathroom situation. It is called research. [6 second pause] Feel that land in your body. Not as a joke, but as a genuine reframe. Planning is not panic. Preparation is not weakness. Knowing where the exit is, knowing where the bathroom is, knowing what's on the menu so you can choose with ease — that is self-respect in action. [7 second pause] And here is the shift that happens now, in this quiet, receptive state. The plan becomes a tool, not a leash. [5 second pause] Feel the difference between those two things in your body. A leash pulls at you. It keeps you small. It makes every outing feel like a negotiation with your own nervous system. [5 second pause] A tool sits in your bag, ready if you need it, invisible if you don't. Like the lip gloss you carry but don't always use. Like the backup outfit you packed but left in the car. Present. Available. Not running the show. [7 second pause] And now I want to bring in something you already know from your earlier sessions. That quiet, steady calm you found in Day 1 — that anchor in your body that says: I have been okay before and I will be okay now. That sense of body neutrality from Day 2 — the knowing that your belly is not your enemy, it is just your belly, doing its thing. [6 second pause] All of that is still in you. It travels with you. It fits in your bag right next to your phone and your lip gloss and your completely reasonable bathroom research. [7 second pause] And now, let's practice the anchor together. Gently bring one hand to rest softly on your belly. [4 second pause] Take one slow breath. [5 second pause] Feel your shoulders drop. [4 second pause] Notice your jaw unclenching, even just a little. [5 second pause] And let the quiet reminder move through you now, like a breath: I can be prepared without being ruled by the plan. [8 second pause] Say it again in your own inner voice: I can be prepared without being ruled by the plan. [8 second pause] Feel it settle. Not as a mantra you're trying to believe. As something you already know, because it's already true. [9 second pause] You are not the anxiety. You are the person who packed for it and went anyway.

And now, from this deeply settled place, let's move forward in time. Not forcing anything. Just allowing your mind and body to rehearse what ease actually feels like. [5 second pause] Sense yourself on a morning not too far from now. A brunch morning. [4 second pause] Feel the morning glow — that particular city-morning quality, soft and golden through the window. [5 second pause] Feel the sensation of getting dressed without the spiral. Choosing your outfit not because it hides anything, but because you like it. The fabric against your skin, easy and right. [6 second pause] Feel your phone in your hand as you check the map. Not frantically. Casually. The way you'd check the weather. There's the restaurant. There's the neighborhood. And yes, there's the bathroom, noted, filed, done. [6 second pause] Feel the zip of your purse. The click of the clasp. Ready. [5 second pause] Now sense yourself arriving. The sound of restaurant chatter wrapping around you like a warm room. The clink of glasses, the low hum of conversation, the smell of coffee and something good coming from the kitchen. [6 second pause] And notice — your body is okay. Not perfect. Not performing. Just okay. Present. Here. [5 second pause] Feel yourself sliding into a seat, feeling the chair beneath you, the table in front of you, the menu in your hands. [5 second pause] And somewhere in that moment, you notice the bathroom sign — not because you're scanning desperately, but because you glanced and there it is. Filed. Done. Forgotten. [7 second pause] Feel what it's like to order something and mean it. To be in conversation and actually be there for it, not half-absent in a loop of what-ifs. [6 second pause] Feel the waistband of your outfit, comfortable and unremarkable. Feel your shoulders down. Your jaw easy. [5 second pause] And somewhere under all of it, that quiet hum: I can be prepared without being ruled by the plan. [8 second pause] This is what it feels like to go out and actually be there. Not just survive it. Be there. [7 second pause] And now sense a different moment — the airport, if that's ever you. Those particular lights, that particular hum of a terminal. Your bag rolling behind you, your phone in hand, your gate on the screen. [5 second pause] Feel yourself moving through it. Not breezing past every feeling. Just moving through it. Prepared. Grounded. Choosing your next step. [6 second pause] Feel the anchor available whenever you need it. One hand soft on the belly, one slow breath, shoulders down, jaw unclenched. I can be prepared without being ruled by the plan. [8 second pause] You take up space in the world. You always have. And now you're learning to do it with a little more ease.

And now, gently, beautifully, it's time to begin coming back. [5 second pause] You don't have to leave anything behind. Everything you've felt in this session — the ease, the groundedness, the quiet confidence of the prepared-but-not-obsessed version of you — that comes with you. It travels in your body. It lives in your hands and your belly and your breath. [6 second pause] I'm going to count up from one to five, and with each number, feel yourself becoming a little more alert, a little more present, a little more ready for your day. [4 second pause] One. [5 second pause] Beginning to return. A gentle awareness of the room around you. [5 second pause] Two. [5 second pause] Feeling your body beneath you — the weight of it, the warmth of it, comfortable and real. [5 second pause] Three. [5 second pause] A little more alert now. Wiggle your fingers if you'd like. Let your breath deepen. [5 second pause] Four. [5 second pause] Almost back. Feeling refreshed, settled, and quietly confident. [5 second pause] Five. [5 second pause] Eyes open when you're ready. Take your time. There's no rush. [6 second pause] Welcome back.

You did something real today. You didn't just relax — you rehearsed. You let your nervous system feel what it's like to plan without panic, to go out without gripping, to be prepared without being ruled. [5 second pause] That's not a small thing. That's actually huge. [5 second pause] Carry the anchor with you today. One hand soft on the belly, one slow breath, shoulders down, jaw unclenched. I can be prepared without being ruled by the plan. Use it whenever you need it — in the parking lot, in the queue, in the moment before you walk through the door. It belongs to you now. [5 second pause] And tomorrow? Tomorrow, the plan meets the restaurant menu without spiraling. Day 4 is waiting for you. [4 second pause] Until then — go be the girl who did her research and showed up anyway. That's the whole move. Take good care.