SAM Frida

You don’t need a traumatic past to find The Origins of You relevant. You just need to be human—and at some point in your life, wonder why something feels off. For anyone who’s ever looked around and thought, Why do I feel so alone in this?, this book is your mirror,...

We keep hearing it everywhere — “gaslighting,” “woke,” “narcissist.” And now, the new complaint is that these words are being thrown around too loosely. They are. But here’s the thing no one wants to admit: A lot of people are just recycling what they hear. Not...

It’s not just politics anymore — it’s a crisis of humanity. Watching the Bill Maher situation unfold, it’s clear: both the left and the right are trapped in emotional reactivity. Understandable, but dangerous. If we can’t pause, listen, and form informed disagreements...

Listening to Streets of Philadelphia takes me right back to law school — to the late nights, the long readings, and more than anything, to the “why” that lived inside me. I wasn’t studying law for prestige or titles. I was drawn to it because I wanted to make the...

From the moment we are born, we come into the world raw, unfiltered, and full of wonder. Childhood is a time when we are most connected to our true selves — before life begins layering expectations, responsibilities, wounds, and successes onto us. But life happens. We...

In today’s world, we say “love” so freely that sometimes it feels like we’ve diluted its meaning. We toss it around without realizing that love, real love, needs a foundation deeper than emotion—it needs understanding. To truly see someone, to really understand who...

We all want to be someone’s greatest love story. But the real love story—the one that changes everything—begins with how deeply, honestly, and relentlessly you love yourself. Authenticity isn’t about being liked. It’s about being real with yourself first. It’s about...

Sometimes people wonder: why write so much about narcissism? It’s not obsession. It’s not resentment. It’s survival. When you’ve lived through a painfully dark experience, you’re trying to find your way out of a fog that blurred everything you thought you knew. The...

In so many cultures, there’s a familiar rhythm: graduate, find a partner, get married, have children, buy a home — and on the surface, it looks like success. But there’s something we don’t talk about enough: the unprocessed wounds we carry into all of it. Before we...