Practicing With the “Should”: How I Work With Political Judgment in My Body

A step-by-step, embodied practice for translating judgment, softening enemy images, and staying human when it matters most

If you read the piece earlier this week, you know this isn’t about getting rid of shoulds.

Shoulds are everywhere—but nowhere do they show up faster or louder than in politics.

They don’t arrive politely.
They don’t ask permission.
They come in hot, absolute, and certain.

And if I’m honest, the thoughts themselves are often not very enlightened.