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Queer healing, shadow work, and radical authenticity — for the ones who are done hiding and ready to become who they actually are.
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I AM: The Version of Me They Don’t Understand (opens the original)
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I am moving differently now. Read more
I’m Not Starting Over. I’m Finally Choosing Myself. (opens the original)
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Over the last few weeks, almost every part of my life has changed.My job ended.My lease came to an end.My husband and I sold nearly everything we owned.And for the first time, I am stepping fully into entrepreneurship and treating my purpose as my real work.From the outside, this could look like everything fell apart at once.But that isn’t how it feels.I don’t feel like I lost my life. I feel like I released a version of it that could no longer hold the person I am becoming.For years, I believed
When Everything Feels Like It's Changing, Trust That You're Changing Too (opens the original)
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Lately, I’ve felt like my entire life has been shedding its skin. Read more
I Chose to Walk Away (opens the original)
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There are moments in life when you’re faced with a decision that doesn’t make sense on paper but feels undeniable in your soul.This has been one of those seasons.Over the past few weeks, I’ve stepped away from a career that no longer aligned with who I’ve become. In two weeks, Stephen and I will move out of our home without knowing exactly where we’ll land next. Most of our belongings will go into storage while we remain open to wherever this next chapter leads us.If I’m honest, there was a time
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