In moments of deep grief, healing doesn't come from ranking our trauma. Pain is not a competitive sport, and your nervous system doesn't care about who might have it worse.

Healing comes from stepping into our common humanity. Instead of comparing who has it harder, create space for our unique, individual hardships. Compassion is not a finite resource.

You don’t have to always stop and smell the roses, but imagine how nice life would be if we made more space to do more of what we loved, not just what we feel we should be doing. 

Ideally, our friends do something our families often can’t: they act as an unbiased mirror. They don't view you through the distorted lens of childhood roles or generational expectations. They see, accept, and challenge you for exactly who you are today.

Navigating and managing relationship uncertainty when asymmetry arises.

Compromise can be expansive if we let it.

All to often, perfectionism gets in the way.

What if we stressed less on future compatibility and instead focused on working towards continuously becoming and maintaining compatibility?

Friends are our witnesses, and we can all use a wintess.

When feeling disconnected, identifying values can often help explain feelings of disconnection and guide us to consciously move in the direction of the life we want.

We live in a culture of optimization, but are we humans really meant to be optimized in all facets of our lives?

Choosing a career today is no longer a lifelong commitment. But, we still dread finding the “right” career as if it is…

When restricted emotional range creates invisible barriers.

When life gets busy, how can we manage without giving up the tools that support us?

How does a world of optimization and convenience impact our romantic lives?

Most of us didn’t grow up with models for relationships that look like ours…