Category: Lived Experience
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What Could I Give the Infinite?
A small offering of human time. What began as an act of gratitude became something else entirely.
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I Always Knew the Snake Was Necessary
For years, the pressure felt like part of me. The tension. The urgency. The constant hum beneath everything. Then one day it was gone. I kept looking for it, certain I had misplaced something essential. What I discovered instead was a truth both terrifying and liberating: I had mistaken adaptation for identity.
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The Scaffolding
Maybe adulthood truly begins the moment we realize much of our inner world was assembled before we were old enough to examine it. Our ideas about love, responsibility, rest, suffering, and even God can become invisible scaffolding quietly holding up the architecture of the self — until one day, it no longer works. This is…
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We
What if happiness doesn’t come from focusing more on yourself, but less? A reflection on ego, community, service, and the surprising peace found in “we.”
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The Doorway You Entered Through
The patterns we repeat often began long before we understood them. A thoughtful exploration of childhood conditioning, self-awareness, manifestation, emotional survival strategies, and the quiet courage of questioning the stories we inherited.
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Embracing Emotional Authenticity: The Power of Humility
We spend so much of life performing versions of ourselves: the composed one, the enlightened one, the emotionally untouchable one. But what if humility isn’t about becoming less human… but finally embracing emotional authenticity and the quiet relief of being real? A deeply reflective piece on ego, self-awareness, nervous-system healing, and the freedom of letting…
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Why Logic Fails with Irrational Fears
My most recent forehead slap moment. Exploring irrational fears.
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Understanding Irrational Fears: Letting Go of Logic
I used to think the goal was to stop feeling irrational fears—rejection, abandonment, not being enough. But they never fully went away. The shift came when I realized: these feelings don’t come from logic, so logic won’t make them disappear. What changed everything was learning to feel them… without believing them.
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From Thoughts to Realities: The Power of Writing
One of the many ways that writing has changed my life: when insights become actually useful in real time.
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My Punk Kid Hero
When self-protection comes out as rage. This is my personal experience and insight in loving my inner punk kid hero.
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My Experience with Poi Balls: Kids and Fitness Combined
Unexpected Joy Spark Award of 2025 goes to these Poi Ball Scarves. So much fun. So meditative. Worth the glance.
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From Blog to Podcast: My Unexpected Journey
My 1st week blogging was a spiritual whiplash that left me breathless. Even if the results fell flat, the journey was so amazing, it’s all I needed.
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Discovering Truth Beyond the Lies I Told Myself
A reflection on facing the truth and the cleansing, sometimes harsh, but interconnected clarity that the truth brings. Psychology behind why we lie to ourselves and the process of facing reality, realizing it’s better than ferociously working to keep your reality safe.
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When Survival Mode Won’t Turn Off: Post-Pandemic “lower-case” ptsd in Healthcare Workers
What if PTSD isn’t something broken—but something overwhelming over an extended period of time? A different way to understand trauma, perception, and the nervous system with “lower case” ptsd.