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Come Back to the Now

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Be Yourself

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You Deserve More Credit Than You Likely Give Yourself

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Things Might Not Get Better, But I Will

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Sometimes the Best Thing You Can Do Is Pause

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One Thing That Makes You Happy

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Safety Heals

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When Your Mind Spirals Into What-Ifs

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Beneath Most Arguments Is a Quiet Plea for Connection

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We’re All Carrying More Than We Show

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True Safety with Animals

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The Person You Once Were

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Imagine

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The Most Underrated Act of Kindness

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The Prowler in My Mind: Learning to Live with Depression

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“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” ~Leonard Cohen

When depression comes, I feel it like a prowler gliding through my body. My chest tightens, my head fills with dark whispers, and even the day feels like night. The prowler has no face, no clear shape, but its presence is heavy. Sometimes it circles in silence within me. Other times it presses in until I don’t know how to respond.

In those moments, I feel caught between two choices: do I lie still, hoping it passes by, or do I rise and face it? Often, …

Gratitude and Growth

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3 Surprising Causes of Burnout That Most People Miss

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“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line.” ~Lucille Ball

The first time I experienced burnout, I was twenty-six.

I was at the height of my career in London, doing it all, and yet I somehow found myself back at my parents’ house, sobbing in my mom’s car, after signing myself off from work, not having a clue how I landed there.

Burnout isn’t just about being tired from overexertion. It’s when we reach physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion after pushing ourselves past our capacity for too long.

When we finally stop, often against our will, all the confusing …

If Your Nervous System Could Speak

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Who Hobbies and Goals Matter So Much

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Be Like a Paddle Ball: How to Bounce Back to Yourself

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“Come back to yourself. Return to the voice of your body. Trust that much.” ~Geneen Roth

I may be showing my age, but here goes… It has come to my attention that I’m like a paddle ball.

To anyone born in the 21st century: for context, before handheld devices ruled the world, kids entertained themselves with simple analog toys—such as the paddle ball.

Picture a small flat paddle (like a small ping-pong paddle) with a rubber ball attached to the center by an elastic string. The goal was to hit the ball with the paddle, watch it fly out and …