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When Healing Hurts

A Note About Care

This is a space for reflection, not diagnosis.
The words shared here come from lived experience — not from a place of authority or professional training.
They are not a substitute for therapy, medical care, or expert mental health support.

If you are in crisis or need deeper guidance, please honor yourself by reaching out to someone trained to help.
You are worthy of care, not just contemplation.

📞 In the U.S., you can call or text 988 anytime.
📱 Or text HOME to 741741 for the Crisis Text Line.
🌍 If you’re outside the U.S., please reach out to local emergency services.

This site does not offer treatment or advice — only the soft companionship of questions, stories, and meditative inquiry.

Your sovereignty is sacred here.
Take what resonates. Leave the rest.

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No Turn on Red (But Plenty of Projection)

He wasn’t angry at me. He was angry at the version of me he invented at a red light. A reflection on projection, perception, and staying grounded in who you really are.

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A Thousand Stories

Some people collect stories like treasure. Others just need a quiet hallway
and a willing hostage.

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Scuba

I thought I was just practicing breath control over a boring patch of sand. But after five minutes of stillness, the sand moved — and revealed an octopus I’d been staring at the whole time without seeing. Some wonders don’t appear until you stop chasing them.

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Dali

What if you could ask the Dalai Lama anything — not about world peace or enlightenment, but about broccoli, bath time, or the color violet?

This playful reflection explores the beauty of curiosity for its own sake — and what happens when universes meet in laughter instead of seriousness.

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For the Creators

A Love Letter to this Website… Written on a day when I was feeling low and didn’t want to go on creating it… Because, maybe you are feeling hopeless, too?

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