There’s a story we’ve been told: that rest is something you earn. After the work is done.After the answers are clear.After you’ve proven yourself useful enough. But I don’t believe that’s true. Rest, especially for women, is often the thing that makes clarity possible. It’s where assimilation happens. Where the nervous system settles enough to hear what’s actually true. In a world that demands productivity at all times, choosing not to push can feel quietly radical. Even one deep breath.Even...

I’ve been thinking more about rest this week. Not collapse.Not giving up.But the kind of rest that comes before we step back in. The pause where things are still forming beneath the surface. I know, deeply, that rest is not available to everyone right now. There are places in the world where survival takes all the space there is. I hold that reality alongside my own. And still, for those of us who do have the choice, I’m wondering what happens when we stop forcing clarity, momentum, or...

I had a rough weekend. Check out this week's blog post for the physical and spiritual aspects of it! But since you signed up to hear from me every week, I want to go into a bit more detail of my thoughts here. I see people taking action all over the world. I see it in Palestine, Congo, Iran... I see the resistance - because people feel they have no choice. And I see it in the US as well. But there's an undercurrent, in certain populations, in the US. It's one of expecting someone to save...