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Healing

The subtle signals that you're coming back to yourself—even if no one else sees it yet.

When Healing Isn’t About Fixing Anything (And Progress Looks Like Presence)

When Healing Isn’t About Fixing Anything (And Progress Looks Like Presence)

Healing doesn’t have to be productive. This post explores the quiet truth that recovery isn’t always about fixing or improving, it’s about showing up, staying present, and learning to live inside your life without needing to be “better” first.

When You Can’t Cry Anymore (And You’re Not Sure If That Means You’re Okay)

When You Can’t Cry Anymore (And You’re Not Sure If That Means You’re Okay)

You haven’t cried in a long time. Not because nothing hurts, but because something in you has gone quiet. This post explores emotional numbness, blocked grief, and what it means when the tears stop, even though the pain hasn’t.

The Smallest Signs That You’re Actually Healing (Even If You Still Feel Like a Mess Most Days)

The Smallest Signs That You’re Actually Healing (Even If You Still Feel Like a Mess Most Days)

Healing doesn’t always look like breakthroughs. Sometimes it’s quieter than that and smaller than you’d expect. These are the subtle shifts that show you’re already changing, even if you don’t feel “better” yet.

How to Grieve Someone Who’s Still Alive

How to Grieve Someone Who’s Still Alive

Some losses don’t come with funerals. This is what it feels like to grieve someone who’s still living—when the goodbye isn’t clean, and the ache has no name.

When You Don’t Feel Like Yourself Anymore

When You Don’t Feel Like Yourself Anymore

You’re not imagining it. Something has shifted. When you don’t feel like yourself anymore and can’t explain why it’s not failure. It’s the quiet sign that something old is ending, and something truer is trying to begin.

White text on a black background. A quote introducing a blog post about why rest can feel threatening when you’ve been in survival mode.

Why Rest Feels Unsafe When You’ve Always Been On

Rest isn’t lazy. But it can feel unsafe when you’ve been in survival mode too long. Let’s unpack that.