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June 2025

Ten Years In: What Motherhood Has Taught Me
A decade of growth, grief, grace, and love beyond language
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Softness as Resistance: Notes from a Helper While the World Burns
How I’m tending to myself while holding space for others
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To the Ones Who Crossed Oceans for Me
A letter to the tenderest part of my soul and my reason for existing (literally)
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Friendship as a Form of Somatic Healing
On later-in-life friendship, nervous system healing, and the sacredness of being seen.
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Already Full: A quiet reflection on abundance, even in the messiest seasons.
For the therapist holding space, the mother holding it all, and the creative still daring to dream
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What Held Me in May: A List of Favorites
The rituals, reads, sounds, and softness that carried me through
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May 2025

Grief Lives in Soft Places
How grief lingers not just in pain, but in tenderness
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The Therapist’s Body: How Somatics and Burnout Intersect
What happens when the body that holds others starts to disappear?
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What Perimenopause Has Taught Me About Power, Rage, and Permission
When the body says, “We’re not doing it this way anymore.”
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On Rest, Resistance, and Redefining “Productivity”
Burnout isn’t a badge of honor. Rest isn’t a reward; it’s our birthright.
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A Moment I Almost Gave Up (and What Pulled Me Back)
On motherhood, identity collapse, and slowly finding my way home
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