Sometimes your reaction has very little to do with what’s happening right now. One surprisingly simple question has helped me recognize old emotional patterns—and transformed the way I navigate my closest relationships.
Your value doesn’t come from what you accomplish, produce, or do for other people. Intrinsic worth offers a radically different place to look.
What if disappointing someone didn’t mean you’d done something wrong? Here’s what changes when you stop organizing your life around other people’s disappointment.
What if the parts of yourself you most want to reject are also hiding some of your power? A personal exploration of shadow work, darkness, self-acceptance and what happened when I stopped insisting I was “definitely not cruel.”
Your brain likes to scare you. That’s its evolutionary job. But most of the things it says are an emergency—they’re not.
The myth of arrival is the belief that one day you’ll finally be “done”—done growing, done healing, done becoming. But growth isn’t a destination to reach.
A Dopamine Eddy is a distraction that feeds your brain dopamine but doesn’t feed your life meaning. They’re not bad, exactly. But they’re not the fuel for a fulfilling life.
Pleasure isn’t the reward for a good life. It’s part of the fuel. A meditation retreat taught me just how difficult receiving and enjoying can be.
When you place an order with the Cosmic Waitress, she delivers. Operate as though your intention shapes your world.
I’m reaching into the archives this week. I’ve had a hard few weeks, and this old piece has been one
Fun fact: my boyfriend and I now have matching tattoos. He’d been thinking about the concept for years. He decided
Just watching another person do something is a proven, effective way to increase what’s possible for you. This is a psychological phenomenon called “vicarious mastery” and it’s very good news.
