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I Blocked You So That I Wouldn’t Feel Tempted to Reach Out Yet Again
I just walked back into a friendship that I knew was bad for me. I knew how deeply this relationship activated severe anxiety in me. I knew that this person needed to leave my life for a good reason and yet... I couldn't help myself but to seek them out again. Why?...
Everything That My 19-Year-Old Self Needed to Hear
Let me take you back to a younger Me. 2014-2016. 19-21 years old. This is unimaginable to me now, but back then, I’d do whatever I had to do to make sure that I had plans on the weekends. What?! I know! Who even was I?? I would actually feel depressed if...
Find Freedom by Meeting Pain
Imagine you’ve been running all your life. Imagine not allowing yourself to sit down for one second. Imagine your exhaustion. Imagine that the only choice you think you have is to pretend to fall in love with running. This is how most of us spend our lives. We’ve...
Becoming Alien: A Mindfulness Practice You Can Do Anywhere
We get swept up in the day-to-day life stuff. It happens to all of us. The to-do lists, the wishing we had more money, wishing our country had a different leader, wishing we lived in a different country, and it goes on. I’ve been there. We’ve all been there....
The Walking Cage
Suppression. Feels like you’re living in a box that’s smaller than your body. The inability to make eye contact The hunched shoulders The voice, almost too small to hear, You’d think, the beginning of stepping into authenticity Feels like a wave of relief, and often...
Manifesto for the Sensitive Soul
Sensitive people, I’m looking at you. I’m tired of us calling ourselves “too emotional”, “irrational”, and “weak”. I’m tired of phrases like “toughen up”, “man up”, and “don’t be so sensitive”. With all of the violence, cruelty, oppression, and harm that occurs every...