“I didn’t lose my softness. I chose to carry it through the fire.”--Leslie Noble
The Chipped Teacup
There was a woman I once worked with who kept a chipped teacup on her desk. Not tucked away—displayed. She told me it had cracked during a fight with someone she loved. She’d thrown it, then r...
During martial arts class, one of the dojo instructors paused to explain how energy—Chi—can be used to exert force, redirect momentum, and stabilize the body. He wasn’t being mystical. He was describing something real, something felt. And I realized: he was confirming what I’ve known through Reik...
“You’ve gone full Rapunzel,” my friend teased, half-laughing, half-concerned. “Are you ever coming down from that tower?”
She meant it playfully, but the image stuck. A woman in a tower, wrapped in quiet, choosing solitude not as punishment—but as medicine. For me, stillness has been a way to re...
What True Love Actually Looks Like (Spoiler: It’s Not a Montage)
We grew up on slow-motion kisses, dramatic airport chases, and rain-soaked declarations. Hollywood taught us that love is supposed to feel like a climax—loud, chaotic, and impossibly perfect (I still love watching those movies).
B...
I saw a TikTok yesterday. A woman stood in front of her bathroom mirror, mascara smudged, holding a sticky note that read: “I am still worthy.” She whispered it like a secret. The caption said: “Day 37 of loving myself after betrayal.” It had 2.3 million views.
There’s a whole genre of these now...
Why Divorce Is So Common—and Why I Still Believe in Love That Lasts
I was having coffee with a friend recently—one of those slow, soul-rich conversations that starts with caffeine and ends with a question that lingers long after the mug is empty.
She’d met someone new. They were getting married...
