When your internal world is collapsing or reshaping, obsessive thoughts aren’t a glitch — they’re your brain trying to rebuild. This piece explores the function of rumination, the limits of common OCD treatments, and the need to be witnessed rather than silenced during existential repair.

This piece explores how contempt for others’ bodies often masks deeper grief, confusion, and longing in our own. I unpack my childhood views of adult bodies, the cultural scripts that shaped my self-hate, and what it feels like to finally wake up inside a body I was never taught to befriend.

I've always been suspicious of wildly popular movies — not just because I think they might be shallow, but because something deeper in me doesn't trust mass consensus. This piece unpacks what that reflex is really about, and what it protects in me.

After decades of spiritual searching, I’ve landed somewhere I never expected: full-bodied, practical humanness. Not Buddhism. Not Christianity. Not enlightenment. Just... being a mammal who can finally feel.

When self-awareness turns into an endless loop of watching yourself watch yourself, it can feel like falling through layers of thought with no bottom. This blog explores the sensation of “turtles all the way down,” why it happens, and how to ground back into embodied presence.

After a lifetime of narrating your own experience to survive, stepping into a wordless, embodied self can feel like standing on the edge of a cliff. This blog explores the transition from metacognitive control to embodied integration—and why the fear that arises is proof you’re ready.

When your identity has long been tied to the thinking voice in your head, embodiment can feel like a cliff's edge. This blog explores the transition out of obsessive self-monitoring and into a deeper, wordless self—one that moves, feels, and exists without constant narration.

After a psychedelic experience shattered old coping strategies, you’re now caught in the in-between—mentally surrendered, but not yet emotionally embodied. This blog explores the identity unraveling that happens when the “watcher” self begins to loosen its grip, and what it means to step into a fuller version of being.

As a child, you may have believed the present was the peak of history — that all previous generations existed to bring us to now. This blog explores how that perception forms, what it’s tied to, and how questioning it opens up deeper historical empathy and personal growth.

After years of emotional detachment and dissociation, something has shifted. Memories now hold weight. Global events register as real. This blog explores the profound psychological change that occurs when trauma survivors begin to rejoin reality — not just intellectually, but viscerally.