I feel there’s this very damaging premise that sits underneath a lot of what gets taught, and talked about, and marketed in the healing and spiritual space — which is that we have to be constantly healing ourselves, and that at some point there’s this sort of “perfectly healed” version of us that suddenly arrives, and then life is amazing.

And I’ve been reflecting on how that works in real life. Because the way this premise situates things is almost entirely internal, and it doesn’t really al...

On the difference your body knows and your mind keeps forgetting 

"I'm ready" is one of the most terrifying things someone can say to themselves.

I'm willing and I'm ready are not the same thing, even if in our minds we treat them as though they are. I'm willing to take this step, I'm ready to take this step — they seem interchangeable. But they're not, and the difference is felt in the body, and in those parts of you that are still finding one more reason to not send that email, to not pivot ...

There’s an important distinction that I keep seeing being blurred over and over again, and while this is not new, it matters more now than it ever has.

It’s the difference between having no capacity and choosing not to use the capacity you have.

When we say things like, I don’t watch the news because it’s too depressing or anxiety-inducing, or I only get my information from certain places, that is often framed as self-care or discernment. And up to a point it is, but we also need to be e...