SAM Frida

I have been to Palestine. I traveled there with a non-violent activist group, whose goal was to create awareness of the situation there, for the average person like myself. I don’t speak or write about it much—not because I have nothing to say, but because I don’t...

The darkest times feel unbearable. You hear the clichés—this too shall pass, one day at a time—and roll your eyes. But when you’re in it, when life knocks you flat, those words don’t mean much. Until one day, they do. There’s no shortcut through pain. No easy escape...

I stumbled upon a really awesome video that dives deep into the explanation of attachment styles and how they affect relationships. It discusses how the way we relate to other people is influenced by our childhood experiences, and it is often the case that we do so...

The weight of unspoken words, the screams that never left our throats, the quiet endurance of emotional restraint—these do not disappear. They settle. In our jaws, our muscles, the tension we carry without even realizing it. If you were silenced, told your voice was...

Emotions aren’t enemies—they’re messengers. They show us where we need to heal, where we’ve been hurt, and what still lingers beneath the surface. Ignoring them doesn’t make them disappear; it just buries them deeper. The real challenge? Sitting with them....

When you spend your life chasing approval, you don’t always realize what you’re actually chasing. It’s subtle—an unconscious adaptation, a constant morphing into what’s acceptable, likable, or worthy in the eyes of others. But adapting is exhausting. And one day,...

What you wear should not define your integrity, yet society still clings to outdated ideas of respectability. You can wear a suit and be utterly devoid of principles, while someone in casual clothes can hold an unshakable moral compass. Why do we continue to judge...

Abandonment feels like the deepest cut—a wound that consumes, suffocates, and leaves an unbearable void. The grief is raw, and telling someone in that space that freedom awaits beyond the pain feels almost cruel. How can they believe it when their world is collapsing?...

What does democracy even mean anymore? If a government can dictate how someone identifies, deny their existence, or strip away their dignity, then what are we really standing for? How does someone else’s identity affect anyone but the person living it? And yet, laws...