HeyJaredMouna Laaragat
Writer, trauma-informed mindset coach and founder of The Grit Makers. I help you nurture grit and resilience as the foundation for success without falling into its trap. Strong believer that we can excel burnout free: it takes love and resilience.
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What Holds You Together When You Want To Quit (opens the original)
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Hi Resilient Sunshine,My novel is past its second draft, progressing nicely, on track to be published this year which is incredible and a dream becoming true. This month is my birthday month and I was well celebrated! But I need to be honest... September started with a dreadful existential crisis that violently exploded in my face:What the heck am I doing with my life?I shut down the business to focus on shipping my very first novel. But my investments weren’t doing so well, remote work is as un
The Loneliness of the Single Point of Failure (opens the original)
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What felt so isolating in entrepreneurship is when there is only you. When you are the only single point of failure. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="720" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jZOu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:ste
The Parts Of You That Talking Can’t Reach (opens the original)
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Hi Resilient Sunshine,I started The Artist’s Way this month. Three handwritten Morning pages daily. A ton of exercises to pick from and an Artist Date each week to keep those creative juices going. I started writing things I didn’t know I had in me. Corners of my mind I’d never allowed myself to visit before.Verele Vorstman, the latest guest on The Grit Makers podcast this month, would say that makes complete sense (actually I don’t know if she would but you can always ask her).She’s a psychothe
The Dates You Have Not Chosen (opens the original)
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Last month, I spent three hours with a creative collaborator. We laughed. We connected. Not even a week later, he sent me a text message confession without even asking me out properly first. I drafted ten replies and ended up sending none of them. I wrote this article instead. I know not everyone feels this way. Many people love the unspoken pull of romantic tension. But I'm writing this as someone whose childhood abuse shaped how I experience safety. For me, consent isn't optional. And that's a
From Vipassana To An 11-Week Novel (opens the original)
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When I came back from Vipassana, 12th June 2026, I had a clear plan for 4-5 different creative projects.After jotting down all my notes, I picked the most detailed and the clearer one and built a plan for it.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="720" src="
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