Actual Honesty

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Anorexia & Me
Lessons and blessings of recovery.
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The Monotonous Fever Dream of the Internet
And some timeless wisdom to wake us up.
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I (Finally) Quit Instagram
Some unexpected learnings from leaving the damn app. How mimetic desire affects us online. And some gentle encouragement that you can quit, too.
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Without Grief, There is No Love
Remembering my late grandmother.
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Self-Surveillance is Not Empowerment
How therapy culture creep has convinced us we need to solve the problem of our humanity.
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On Turning Two
It’s only when you stop and look back that you can see how you’ve grown.
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Divine detachment
Experience for the sake of the experience
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Not-Self-Developing
Am I improved enough yet?
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Comparison is The Thief of Connection
Trying to impress people drives them farther up or down the social ladder of your own making.
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The Tenderness of New Beginnings.
Letting yourself want what you want.
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To Love Means To Grieve
The rawness of reckoning with the fact that nothing lasts forever.
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The Science of No Free Will
What if you had a lot less agency than you think?
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