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Reflections on wholeness, unbecoming, and humanness written from inside the process.

When Insight Alone Is Not Enough essays Jan 30, 2026

Many people arrive at healing through insight. They learn the language of attachment, name their patterns with impressive precision, and trace their reactions back through family systems and early experience. They can explain themselves clearly. They understand why they are the way they are. For a w...

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When Insight Isn't the Thing That Changes You essays Jan 16, 2026

I want to answer a question that came in from someone who’s started the process of unbecoming. It’s a really good question, and I suspect it’s one that comes up for a lot of people:

“I’ve done a lot of therapy, journaling, and self-work. I intellectually understand myself pretty well, but I still...

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The Exhaustion of Doing Everything Right essays Jan 13, 2026

I spent most of my twenties trying to assemble a better version of myself. I kept a running inventory of my flaws, a mental record of every awkward comment, every relational misstep, every pattern I wished I could smooth out and improve. My inner world felt like a construction site. I collected ther...

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