The Body Leads is a complete narrative arc about ending self-erasure and restoring authority to the body after trauma, illness, and chronic over-responsibility.

This collection moves from witness to refusal to release—without forcing healing, forgiveness, or meaning-making. It tells the truth of what survival cost, and what it takes to stop carrying what was never meant to be carried alone.

The arc unfolds through the following pieces, each marking a necessary turn:

• I Was There — self-witness without explanation
• Still Here in Pieces — living with complex trauma as an ongoing reality
• It Starts in the Stomach — the body’s early warning signals
• The Knee Knows — chronic pain as intelligence
• What My Immune System Learned — autoimmunity as adaptation, not betrayal
• I Did What I Had To — the body speaking its own defense
• I’m Not a Caretaker (And Never Will Be Again) — ending forced roles and unpaid labor
• I Choose My Body Now — reclaiming consent inward
• I Don’t Override Anymore — stopping self-harm through endurance
• The Body Leads — trusting the body as authority
• Nothing Needs to Be Carried Forward — release without ceremony
• I Am Still Here, And That Is Enough — presence without justification

Together, these songs form an arc that refuses spectacle and rejects martyrdom. There is no demand to recover, improve, or inspire. The work honors pacing, boundaries, and the intelligence of sensation—allowing the body to lead without being overridden.

The Body Leads is not about becoming something new.
It is about stopping what causes harm.
About choosing a way of living the body can remain present for—quietly, finally, and without apology.

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