The 5-Minute Ritual That Brings Me Back to Myself

A post about power pauses, grounding practices, and how small routines can recalibrate your entire day

It’s not always burnout. Sometimes it’s disconnection.

There are days when I’m not overwhelmed, just… untethered.

Not exhausted, but off-center.

I’m doing the tasks. Checking the boxes. Answering the emails. Smiling in the meetings.

But beneath the surface?

I feel a few steps away from myself.

That’s when I know it’s time to pause. Not because I’m behind. But because I need to remember who’s actually running the show.

Me.

Not my calendar.

Not the expectations.

Not the noise.

Just me.

You don’t need an hour. You need a moment.

We love to romanticize the long morning routine.

But let’s be honest, most of us are navigating life in motion.

Between commutes, team meetings, school drop-offs, and Slack pings, what we really need is a ritual that meets us where we are.

Not perfection.

Presence.

And for me? That starts with five minutes.

Five minutes to:

• Light the candle

• Breathe deeply

• Reconnect with the version of me who doesn’t need to earn her worth

• Ask one grounding question: What energy do I want to lead with today?

It’s small, but it shifts everything.

Ritual is not a luxury. It’s leadership.

When you take five intentional minutes to come home to yourself, you lead differently.

You speak with more clarity.

You respond instead of react.

You show up anchored instead of anxious.

That’s not just wellness.

That’s power.

Because the most magnetic women I know aren’t the busiest. They’re the ones who move from center.

One morning, I opened my laptop to 47 unread emails, three back-to-back meetings, and a text I didn’t have the energy to respond to.

I almost jumped in, business as usual.

But instead, I paused.

I made my coffee slowly. Lit my candle. Opened my planner.

Those five minutes didn’t fix everything. But they brought me back to myself,

Just enough to remember I didn’t have to prove anything to be powerful that day.

You don’t need to hustle harder. You need to root deeper.

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This is your permission slip

To sip your coffee slowly.

To light the candle.

To write the thing.

To sit in silence for five sacred minutes and say, This moment is mine.

You don’t need a milestone to take care of yourself.

You don’t need to earn your pause.

You just need one question that brings you back to yourself:

How do I want to feel at the end of today, and what can I do in the next five minutes to move toward that?

That’s it.

That’s the ritual.

That’s the recalibration.

Final thought

Your power doesn’t come from checking more boxes.

It comes from returning to yourself again and again.

So if you’ve been feeling scattered, tired, or untethered…

Pause.

Come back to the moment.

Come back to your body.

Come back to your breath.

Then move from there.

You are the rhythm.

You are the presence.

You are the ritual.