it's safe to say that as humans we're at times fairly resolute in our dedication - ten toes down - to what is not meant for us.

relationships, jobs, mindsets, though be it sticky, difficult to navigate, frustrating, never-changing; we stay in these loops because the familiarity of the dysfunction feels natural.

what we "should" do.

terrified to evolve. to change our minds. to embrace an unfamiliar yet very intuitive authenticity. to lean into possibility. to appear in the world in a new way.

it’s almost like... we've been this way forever.

i’ll start in medias res, in the year 2013.

recognizing what my baseline of “normalcy” was going into this time period has been critical in exploring long-held thought patterns, reinforcing behaviors, + destructive self-soothing or freeze responses.