When Self-Care Becomes Devotion: The Quiet Power of Choosing Yourself First
How embodied leadership, energetic responsibility, and radical self-honoring ripple into everything you touch.
I’m writing this from my bed, slightly bloated, having eaten more than my body asked for. And yet, something in me is deeply steady.
Because over the past days, I’ve been choosing myself with devotion, prioritizing long, nourishing sleep, preparing meals that support my energy, tending to my inner state with the same reverence I bring to my work.
The result?
I show up fully present with my clients, in my in-person classes and workshops, and in the quiet, unseen backend where everything is held together.
This is not hustle. This is self-trust in motion.
People often ask me, “How do you do it all?”
The honest answer is simple: I am deeply in love with what I do.
From graphic design to facilitating live experiences…
From the intimacy of a single breath shared in a room, to the feedback my clients offer with softened eyes and open hearts.
I am not creating entertainment. I am creating remembrance.
My work is like holding a candle, not to save you, not to lead you, but to gently light yours, so you may continue your own journey with more clarity, dignity, and power.
Everything I offer is a ripple of my personal choices. How I care for myself determines how I show up for life.
I process what drains me. I work with my energy relentlessly. I commit to continuous inner work. I don’t run workshops from scripts or modules. I run them from presence from embodied knowing, lived practice, and an attuned nervous system.
This work feels like an exhale to me. And yes, I still get tired. I’m human. And I honor that too.
In one of my recent workshops, a participant asked:
“Isn’t it selfish to prioritize yourself first?”
I paused, and answered from truth.
We can only give from a full cup.
The belief that love requires self-sacrifice, self-abandonment even is a conditioning most people never stop to question.
Ask yourself this: Is it more loving to say,
“I love you, so I take care of myself, so I can show up for you fully”?
Or to say,
“I will neglect myself for you,”
and quietly build resentment over time?
From this point forward, what if personal growth wasn’t separate from loving your family or chosen people, but the very way you love them better?
I am obsessed with my work because it draws the best out of me. The more deeply I understand myself, the more precisely I can meet another human being.
When I gave my internal yes to this path, my actions aligned effortlessly. Every choice, small or unseen began to serve something larger. Because everything compounds. Even what no one is watching. Energy is felt long before it is explained.
Growing up is not about age, it’s about responsibility. Responsibility for your energy. Your choices. Your impact.
How you show up shapes the memories of those closest to you. The deeper the relationship, the deeper the imprint. A stranger’s dishonesty may sting. A best friend’s cuts differently.
The greater your role in the world, the greater your influence.
What I intend to offer you is this:
From this moment on, get clear on how you desire to add value to life. Then become the person whose daily choices embody that value.
Mozart did not try to compose masterpieces. He became Mozart.
And before you slip into a victim story, let me gently interrupt you.
This is not about circumstances. It’s about how you navigate yourself within them. Your discernment. Your self-leadership. Your willingness to choose the highest response, again and again.
That is where your real power lives.
I work privately with a limited number of individuals who are ready to lead from embodiment, clarity, and inner authority.
This is not surface-level coaching. This is deep calibration of self, energy, and life direction.
To apply for private mentorship, email me directly at: genozajoanne@gmail.com
Share where you are, and where you know you’re meant to rise next.
I don’t work with everyone. But when it’s aligned, the work is life-altering.
With love,
Joanne Genoza
Joanne Genoza
Joanne Genoza