Tag: love
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The Threshold of Forty and the Woman Who Carried Me This Far
I turn 40 in two months, and I’ve been feeling a lot about it lately. A little backstory: I was adopted shortly after I was born. A common feeling adoptees experience is “unexplained” sadness around their birthdays. And why wouldn’t they? The first person who should have welcomed them into the world—the one who carried…
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The Multiverse of Choice: Beginning with the End in Mind
We are often told to “begin with the end in mind.” Usually, this is framed as a morbid exercise in legacy… like fast-forwarding to your funeral to imagine what your obituary might say. Do you want to be remembered as the person who was perpetually tethered to a screen, or as the spouse, parent, and…
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The Weight of Yes: How People-Pleasing Slowly Disconnects You From Yourself
I grew up as an adopted daughter in a strict, religious household where obedience wasn’t just expected—it was survival. Being a girl in that environment meant my worth often felt measured by how well I could anticipate what others needed before they even asked – how quietly, quickly, and completely I could adapt. I became…
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Destined to Pop: What Bubbles Teach Us About Awakening
There’s something undeniably magical about bubbles. As children, we’re drawn to them… blowing them, chasing them, watching them shimmer in the light. But what if that fascination wasn’t just childlike wonder? What if, on some level, we REMEMBERED the deeper symbolism? Every bubble is destined to pop. Some burst the moment they leave the wand.…
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