The Belonging Wound

The Belonging Wound

If you carry a belonging wound, you’ll do almost anything to avoid the ache of exclusion. You’ll twist yourself into shapes, overextend, overgive—especially to those who keep you at arm’s length. The more someone pushes you away, the harder you try. That’s how deep...
When Nervous Systems Collide

When Nervous Systems Collide

What if conflict isn’t personal? I attended a session with Vienna Pharaon, author of The Origins of You, and one takeaway hit hard: conflict is often just two nervous systems trying to protect their hosts. That changes everything. Instead of seeing someone as the...
Maybe That Can Be the Narrative

Maybe That Can Be the Narrative

What if your mother’s silence was her higher self trusting you would find the words? What if the trauma you inherited wasn’t a burden, but a coded invitation to awaken, break, rebuild—and rise? It’s not romanticizing pain. It’s recognizing that those of us who make it...
Woke

Woke

This is what it means, not expressing the “woke” verbiage but living it.
Nice, Numb, and Nowhere Near Ourselves

Nice, Numb, and Nowhere Near Ourselves

We weren’t just taught to be good—we were conditioned to disconnect. From childhood, we were trained to override our inner knowing for the comfort of others. “Don’t talk back.” “Be nice.” “Good girls don’t act like that.” These cultural scripts run deep, and they...