Who Is Weighing You Down?
Sometimes the person weighing us down isn't someone else. It's the version of ourselves we learned to be years ago. The woman who kept the peace, needed approval, and put everyone else first. What happens when we finally give ourselves permission to make different choices?
Maybe You’re Not Stuck. Maybe Your Life Just Needs to Catch Up With You
We spend years building a life around our responsibilities. But what happens when those responsibilities change? Maybe we’re not stuck. Maybe we just haven’t realized we’re allowed to redesign our lives around who we are today.
She wasn't coming back.
What if getting better doesn’t mean getting back to who you were? After cancer, I kept hearing that I would be “back to myself soon.” But I already knew the truth: she wasn’t coming back. And maybe that wasn’t something to fix.
My Life Looked Nothing Like the One I Could See
I did know what I wanted. I had a beautiful vision for my life. The problem was that my actual life looked absolutely nothing like it, and I honestly had no idea where to begin. So I started with the only person I could change: myself.
The Silence After the Boundary
Nobody warns you about the quiet that follows the boundaries. This is the honest, unfiltered conversation about the loneliness that can come after protecting your peace, letting go of misaligned relationships, and standing in the empty space before the new ones arrive.
Why Being a “Good Student” is Holding You Back
You did everything right. You checked the boxes, built the life, and earned the gold stars. So why does it feel like the version of you that got you here can’t take you where you’re meant to go next?