Ever feel like you’ve turned your entire existence into a project? I’ve been there. The endless podcasts, the journals, the ‘shadow work’—it starts as a way to feel better, but eventually, it just feels like another job I’m failing at. I stumbled across this podcast episode that hit me hard. It talks about how we … Read more
I’ve always been a bit of a klutz. I break things. Glasses, plates, promises—usually in that order. For a long time, I thought the goal was to just… not break. To keep everything pristine. To be the person who never cracks under pressure. But then I stumbled across this Japanese thing called Kintsugi. Instead of … Read more
I’ve spent way too much time treating my soul like a Jira board. You know the feeling—processing grief like it’s a ticket that needs to be moved to ‘Resolved’, or managing your inner child like a project with a strict deadline. It’s exhausting. We’ve turned the act of being human into a series of deliverables. … Read more
I’ve spent the last few years trying to “optimize” everything. My sleep, my diet, my morning routine, my deep work sessions. I had a system for the systems. I was basically trying to turn myself into a high-performance piece of software. But here’s the thing: the more I optimized, the more anxious I got. Every … Read more
I used to have a list. Not a to-do list, but a “fix-me” list. Somatic experiencing on Mondays, shadow-work on Wednesdays, and ancestral clearing if I had a bad weekend. I thought I was “doing the work.” I thought if I just found the right modality, I’d finally stop feeling like a glitch in the … Read more