- Aug 21, 2025
Why Routines Fail Us (and What Rhythm Gives Instead)
- Nicky Brown
Most of us have been told we need a routine to fix our lives. Wake up at 5am. Meditate. Smash a green smoothie. Grind, glow, repeat.
And honestly? For a lot of us - especially if you’re neurodivergent, sensitive, or just plain human - that system feels like strapping yourself to a chair and being told to perform wellness.
Routines are rigid. They don’t care if you had a rough sleep, if your body feels tender, or if your soul wants to move slow that morning. Routines say: “Do it anyway.” And when we can’t keep up, we end up carrying shame instead of peace.
But rhythm? Rhythm is devotion. Rhythm listens. Rhythm bends with you.
Rhythm is hearing the ocean from your bed and choosing to breathe with it for a few minutes before you move.
Rhythm is putting the kettle on and letting the sound become your meditation.
Rhythm is choosing to light a candle at night, not because your routine tells you to, but because your body asks for a moment of warmth and stillness.
Rhythm creates safety. And when your nervous system feels safe, it actually unlocks more energy, focus, and flow.
That’s why The Devotion Protocol isn’t about building some impossible “perfect routine.” It’s about learning how to bring rhythm back into your life — the kind that feels slow, nourishing, and magnetic.
Because the truth is: healing doesn’t come from pushing harder. It comes from letting yourself be held by rhythm.
Coming Soon
The 7-Day Soma Reset is designed exactly for this. It’s a gentle guide into rhythm, ritual, and nervous system reset - made especially for women who are done with shame-based routines.