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June 2025

Learning to Want Again
One man’s slow, quiet return to himself.
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The Ache to Be Special
We don’t chase greatness because we’re greedy. We chase it because somewhere along the line, we thought it might save us.
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Why You Shut Down When It Gets *Too Real*
And what to do when you’re finally ready to feel again
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What Comes After the High
What your brain needs after the peak, and why ritual was made for it
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Growing at the Speed of Fear
How to Stretch and Expand in a Way Your Nervous System Can Handle
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May 2025

When Your Own Wiring Turns Against You, How Do You Stay Soft?
Why the beam of attention shorts, how that crackle feels in your skin and bones, and what it really takes to make it shine steady again
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The Ecology of Cool: When Being Chosen Stops Mattering
Why we fake it, how it breaks us, and the strange, wide‑open freedom on the other side.
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The Split Second That Built a Lifetime of Overreaction
Tracing the rule that holds up your whole identity
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Inside the Validation Vortex: Echo, Ask, Tell, Wait
What Socrates, stadiums, and your nervous system can teach you about validating feelings—without flattening into a feel-good emoji.
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April 2025

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