SAM Frida

Boundaries aren’t walls. They’re bridges—back to yourself. For someone who grew up with none, building even one feels like rebellion. At first, it stings. Guilt creeps in. You wonder if you’re being selfish, dramatic, or too much. But the truth is: a boundary is not a...

If telling the truth gets you silence… If telling the truth gets you labeled as unwell.. If telling the truth makes someone more concerned with how they’re perceived than what’s real… You’re not in a safe space. You’re in the presence of someone who isn’t capable of...

There’s something terrifying about the human experience that no one teaches you early enough: we are all walking around with unexamined wounds, unconscious patterns, and an ego that fights like hell to stay in control. Some people are on the path—seeking, healing,...

Some days carry a collective weight. A memory. A ritual. A script we follow without reading the fine print. We gather. We grill. We wave. We post. But have we paused? What is independence, really? Is it just a word tied to a date, or is it something we’ve ever truly...

Not all emotional intelligence is the same. I’ve come to realize that there are subtle but important differences—differences you don’t always see at first glance. Some people are emotionally intelligent as a way to protect themselves. They’re highly observant, read...

It’s wild how easily we hand over our power in search of validation. One comment, one look, one moment of approval from someone who has never lived our story—and suddenly we question our path or worse, our worth! No one else has walked through your emotions, carried...

To all the feelers out there—the sensitive ones, the soul-hearers, the empaths—I see you. It’s strange times. Ugly is loud. Darkness doesn’t even try to hide anymore. And yet, here you are, still feeling. Still witnessing. Still carrying the weight of what others try...

Carl Jung once said, “People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.” And isn’t that what we see every day? The hustle, the over-performance, the curated smiles, the pretending—we’ve turned away from our truth so often that we’ve...

One of the most powerful realizations we can have is that love doesn’t begin with someone else—it begins with how we treat ourselves. Cory Allen’s words hit home: “Love starts with how you treat yourself, not how others treat you.” For me, love has nothing to do with...