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10 weekend rituals that are saving my overstimulated brain
partnering with Brooklinen to bring you the rituals that made me fall in love with rest again.
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how i parent myself when things get overwhelming
i don’t remember the exact moment i became the adult in the room.
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small things that saved me from burnout is ready
there’s a certain kind of burnout that’s hard to name because it doesn’t come with a dramatic collapse.
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why feeling lost might mean you’re finally doing it right
there’s a strange ache that comes with outgrowing a version of your life that you worked hard to create.
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why i stopped rushing my healing
for most of my twenties, i thought healing had a finish line.
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when ambition becomes shame in disguise
there’s a particular type of person who learns to dream not because they were encouraged to — but because they had to.
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how i built a life i could actually live
there’s a difference between being alive and actually belonging to your life and it took me years to realise i hadn’t been doing either.
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things i do when i’m losing myself again
there’s a particular kind of disorientation that doesn’t announce itself loudly.
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romanticizing my real life (not the aesthetic one)
i used to think the goal was to become someone who bought croissants on sunday mornings and had a signature perfume and never left the house with…
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a guide to emotional hygiene for overthinkers
there’s a specific kind of exhaustion that doesn’t come from doing too much, but from thinking too much while doing very little.
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how to love your life even when you don’t like your current season
not every season of life is meant to be remarkable.
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what it really feels like to fall in love with your new life while grieving your past
there is a moment, often quiet and hard to explain, where you realize you’re living the very life you once longed for — and yet, you feel a strange…
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