Rejection can bring up a lot of emotions… and stories. Stories especially. It’s no different on the dancefloor of a forró party. You ask someone to dance and they say “no”. Maybe not as explicitly, but it’s what it comes down to. And so instead of feeling the pain that comes with rejection, our brains…
Stuck between a want, a should, a won’t. Between a “let’s go”, “have to”, and “please, don’t”. Not fully burned out, but also not consistently glowing. Largely functional, the still many internal glitches rarely showing. Every day so different, yet the work remains the same. Rebuilding capacity, yet unable to re-enter the game. Two-and-a-half years….
When I started my Little Things series back in December 2023, I did so on Instagram because I knew that sharing it publicly would keep me accountable. Even if nobody cared whether I missed a day or not, I knew I’d still feel ashamed if I did. I’m on day 429 of sharing Little Things…
It was December 23, 2023, and I was in a dark place. Sitting on the bed in the guest room, I realized I hadn’t consciously felt joy in a few days. I’m not talking about the happiness of seeing my family or the love I feel for them, but the joy that feels like the…
This page accompanies my burnout story. It offers more information on some of the tools and resources I mentioned I have used and/or am still using to deal with and recover from my burnout. This is not an exhaustive list of burnout resources. I might write more about some of these in the future. For…
“I forgive you.” All of a sudden they’re there. The words I knew I needed but had not expected to hear during a breathwork exercise at a tantra retreat. “I forgive you.” I forgive me. Younger me. But what for, exactly? Let’s take a step back in time. Crashing in Safety “Keep it together. Keep…
One of the hardest things about living with an invisible condition is needing to decide multiple times a day, every day again, how you’ll respond to the question: “How are you?” You want to be positive and also honest. You want to be open while knowing not everyone will be equally understanding. You want to…
Do you see resting as just another thing to check off on your to-do list? Is it even on your to-do list? While there seems to be a growing awareness of the importance of rest for leading a sustainable fulfilling life, few, if any, goal-setting models present rest as something we consciously need to work…
It’s been hip for a while to go against the hustle culture, but usually, the people who advocate that are people who have already sold their businesses for fuck-you money, who are already very financially secure, and who have gotten to that position by first working their asses off and this, oftentimes, to the detriment…