Notes from the inner world
Words to meet
yourself in.
Short pieces that explore an idea, feeling, or part of the inner world. Something to read and sit with.
The archive · 22 essays
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01Returning to YourselfYou Don't Need to Become Someone NewWhat if becoming isn't about becoming someone new? What if it is about remembering?02Self-CompassionThe Version of You That Kept You SafeThe parts of us we judge most harshly are often the parts that worked the hardest to keep us safe.03BecomingMaybe You're Not LostMaybe you're just no longer willing to follow a map that was never yours.04Self-TrustWhen You Stop Abandoning YourselfSelf-abandonment doesn't always look dramatic. Sometimes it looks like saying yes when everything inside you is saying no.05IntuitionThe Quiet Voice Beneath the NoiseThere is a voice within you that doesn't compete for your attention. It simply knows.06Self-TrustYou Are Allowed to Change Your MindSometimes changing your mind simply means you've changed. You know something now that you didn't know then.07Self-CompassionWhat If Nothing Is Wrong With You?Perhaps you don't need to be fixed. Perhaps you're human.08GriefThe Grief of Outgrowing Your Old LifeNo one talks enough about the grief that comes with growth.09BecomingYou Don't Have to Rush Your BecomingYour life is not a race against someone else's timeline.10RestThe Difference Between Resting and Giving UpSometimes we think we want to give up when what we really need is to stop.11IntuitionYour Body Has Been TalkingYour body often knows before your mind catches up.12RelationshipsWhen You Finally Feel Safe Enough to Be YourselfThere is a version of you that appears when you no longer feel like you have to perform.13RelationshipsYou Can Love Someone and Still Let Them GoSometimes love doesn't end when a relationship does.14BecomingThe Life You Keep ImaginingPay attention to the life you keep imagining. It is trying to tell you something.15Self-TrustYou Don't Need Permission to Want What You WantYou are allowed to want a life that makes sense to you. Even if it doesn't make sense to everyone else.16Returning to YourselfComing Home to YourselfMaybe coming home to yourself isn't a single moment. Maybe it happens quietly.17IntuitionThe Quieter VoiceThere is a voice beneath the noise. Not louder. Not more certain. Just quieter, steadier, and entirely your own.18GriefOn Grief and BecomingGrief is not only for loss. It is also for the versions of ourselves we outgrow.19Self-TrustWhat It Means to Trust YourselfSelf-trust is not a fixed destination you arrive at. It is a relationship you are continuously rebuilding.20Returning to YourselfThe Slow ReturnReturning to yourself is not a sudden thing. It is a slow, quiet, almost imperceptible movement back toward what has always been there.21IntuitionOn IntuitionIntuition is not a mysterious gift reserved for a select few. It is a natural intelligence — one that many of us have been conditioned to distrust.22RestThe Permission to RestRest is not the reward you receive after you have earned enough. It is a need — and it has always been one.