My Simplest Tip for Slowing Down - That Actually Works

My Simplest Tip for Slowing Down - That Actually Works

What Slowing Down Really Taught Me (After a Season I Didn’t Choose)

Read to the end for the simplest, most effective tip I’ve learnt for slowing down — and how to implement it immediately.

A few months ago, I ended up in hospital. Unexpected — and a full stop I didn’t see coming.

Though in hindsight, it wasn’t all that surprising.
I hadn’t felt right for months. Life just kept coming, one thing after another, leaving me little to no time to rest.

Since then, recovery has unfolded in quiet, uncomfortable, and sometimes beautiful ways.
It hasn’t been a tidy story of rest and renewal. More like a real-life lesson in doing what you can, with what you’ve got, in the moment you’re in.

What I've taken from this experience:
Sometimes slowing down isn’t a spa day or a digital detox.
Sometimes it’s survival.
Sometimes it’s simply doing your best with the energy you have.

What slowing down actually looked like:

  • Letting go of routines that no longer fit
  • Choosing small wins over big outcomes
  • Feeling frustrated that I couldn’t do more — and learning to accept that
  • Realising rest doesn’t always feel “restful”
  • Trusting that healing isn’t something you can push through

It wasn’t all herbal tea and restorative yoga.
It was messy. Slow. Often, quite frankly, boring.
But it was real.

What I’ve learnt:

  • Slowing down isn’t always aesthetic.
    Sometimes it looks like crying in your dressing gown.
  • You don’t have to earn rest.
    And you definitely don’t need to justify your tiredness.
  • Sometimes slowing down isn’t a choice — it’s what your body demands.
    And that doesn’t make you weak. It makes you wise for listening.
  • You can honour your body, even in chaos.
    One breath. One pause. One small act of gentleness.

If you’re in a full season of life…

You don’t have to burn everything down to slow down.
You don’t have to do it perfectly.

Maybe it’s one deeper breath a day.
Or three minutes of humming while the kettle boils.
Maybe it’s just noticing how you speak to yourself and softening the tone.

Wherever you are — overwhelmed, healing, juggling a lot — this is your invitation:

You’re allowed to slow down in the way that fits YOUR life.
And it still counts.

My simplest tip for slowing down (that actually works):

Even if you can’t slow down life around you —
if the chaos can’t be paused —
you can still slow down.

Do everything at 50% speed… then half it again.

When you’re making tea, slow every movement down.
When you’re rushing somewhere, walk like a turtle — just for a few minutes.

This tells your body, “I’m safe.”
And your nervous system listens.
Stress levels drop, even if nothing else has changed.

Wherever you are today — moving fast, feeling behind, or taking things slow — I hope this reminds you that there’s no perfect way to pause. There’s only presence. And you’re allowed to begin again at any moment.

With sound and one slower breath at a time.

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