Post 17 - What the Body Keeps - 3/20/’26
We tend to treat the body as an afterthought - a vehicle for the mind, something to manage or override. But the body is often the first to know and the last to forget.
Post 16 - The Shape of Memory - 3/6/’26
We often think of memory as something that lives in the mind. But much of it lives elsewhere - in the body, in reflex, in the way we brace or soften without realizing why.
Post 15 - What We Risk by Being Seen - 2/20/’26
There is a difference between being visible and being seen.
Post 14 - Staying With the Feeling 2/6/’26
Staying doesn’t mean indulging or drowning. It means listening long enough to learn what the feeling is actually asking for - before we decide what to do with it.
Post 13 - 1/16/’26 - What Endures
I told myself I was “working on a novel,” which felt safer than saying I was just writing. A book implied a future finish line. Writing felt exposed.
Post 12 - 1/2/2026 - A Quiet Way to Enter the New Year
Let’s enter the new year differently…
Post 12 - Response to A Quiet Way to Enter the New Year - 1-2-’26
There were years when I thought silence was safety. When not saying the thing felt like maturity, restraint, kindness. I learned early how to read a room, how to soften an edge, how to let someone else finish the sentence I never
Post 12 - Reflection 1-2-’26
I learned that my voice doesn’t need to be earned.
It doesn’t arrive once I’m healed enough, calm enough, or certain enough. It’s not a reward for