Do You Have a Squeaky Wheel? Time to give it some grease (and attention)

Why what we ignore often gets louder—and how to gently shift it.

What part of your life (body, relationships, job, etc.) is vying for your attention that you have been ignoring or avoiding?  

What we resist persists.
Maybe it’s time to listen. 

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Before we get into it, I invite you to pause for a moment.

Put your feet on the ground, rest your hands on your lap, and take a nourishing breath in.
Hold briefly… then release extra slowly.
Take two more delicious breaths in through your nose and hum on the exhale as long as it feels good.

Yum.

Notice: are your hands facing up, open to receive, or facing down to help you ground?

Take one more breath and relax.

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In stillness, it’s often easier to notice the whispers.

About 12 years ago, when I was preparing my body to receive a child, I wanted to get as healthy as possible and found an amazing healer to guide me. She is truly a phenomenal, wise, intuitive healer and helped me tremendously.

At one point, I told her I needed to see a dentist because my tooth had been hurting for a few weeks. I assumed I had a cavity that needed to be filled.🦷

She told me to put a finger on my tooth and listen to it.

I laughed out loud. How ridiculous. My tooth doesn’t talk! It’s a tooth! 😂

She told me to just try.
So I did, for a second — to humor her.

I told her I couldn't hear anything because, duh, teeth don’t speak! 😆

Then she explained that sometimes our body parts are like a child crying in a loud classroom.

They just want to be heard.
Acknowledged.

She asserted that the tooth likely just wanted my attention and presence.
To share that it felt — whatever it was feeling.

I was incredibly skeptical because, again… a tooth is a tooth!

But I really trusted my teacher-healer. She had never led me astray and had been spot-on in so many other ways.

So I went home and tried again — this time with the intention of actually listening.

I didn’t actually “hear” anything.
There were no words.

However, just by giving it my attention, some love, and some presence, the tooth somehow magically healed.

After a day, it no longer hurt.

At my next dental checkup months later, there was nothing wrong — confirmed by X-rays!

It felt like magic. ✨

Like a whole new world of possibility had quietly been there all along, just waiting for me to notice it.

As though the simple power of listening and being truly present had been available all along — ready to heal.

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I’ve since applied this to so many aspects of my life… because it works! 

Science tells us that everything is energy, and that our thoughts influence what happens in our bodies. Even one thought can release chemicals like cortisol, adrenaline, or dopamine.

So it makes sense that our attention, presence, and energy can influence how our body feels—and even its ability to heal.

The same principle holds true in relationships with our:

• partners
• children
• friends
• colleagues
• even pets! 🐶🐱🐰🐠

Our thoughts, presence, and energy can build trust, partnership, creativity, and joy. 

The lack of them can do the opposite.

I often see couples or friends at restaurants with everyone at the table heads down, staring at their phones! 😱😧

What does this say about our level of presence? 

Are stories being told actually being heard?

We’ve had to create a “No tech at the table” rule in our home because we’ve been guilty of that addiction too! 🫣

When you ask a child what their parents value most, the answer should never be “their phone.”
(Yes… I’ve actually heard that come out of a child’s mouth! 🤢😩)

I’ve even seen kids in strollers at the zoo staring at an iPad…
instead of the actual monkeys right in front of them.

Someone I’m coaching once said, “I can’t meet at 1pm — I’ll be in three meetings.”
Yes. Three meetings at once.

What does that even mean?
How can one person be present in three meetings at the same time?

The answer: they can’t. It’s impossible.

Thankfully, this person no longer allows this. Not only was it extremely stressful, it was nearly impossible to focus, and important details kept getting lost in the shuffle.

Even people who believe they’re great at multitasking are usually just switching between tasks very quickly — which is surprisingly inefficient.

It’s almost always far more productive to focus on one thing at a time.

One person at a time.
One conversation at a time.
One body part at a time.

Especially if it’s “talking” to us and asking to be heard.

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Our presence is powerful.
Our attention is impactful.

Full engagement is a gift.

Sometimes the squeaky wheel — whether it’s a body part, a relationship, or something in our life — just wants to be heard.

Not fixed.
Heard.

A little listening.
A big breath.
Some presence.
A bit of love.

Often, healing begins with listening.

Take a moment and ask yourself:

What part of your life might be the squeaky wheel right now?

Place your kind, loving, curious attention on that squeaky space, take a few nourishing breaths, and just…listen. What whispers might it be trying to share?

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In our Joy Alchemy Community, we’re exploring how our body, spirit, and relationships can improve when we bring the right intention, thoughts, and energy.

If you’d like to learn simple tools to listen more deeply—to your body, your relationships, and your life—you’re warmly invited to join us.

Discover more and join us here. ✨

With joy and attention to all the squeaky wheels,
Galit "Gah-leet"

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