HeyJaredShift Into Alignment
Reflections from Annie and Marissa, co-founders of Shift, on navigating life’s transitions and the inner work that shapes how we live. This space documents the personal, practical, and sometimes messy process of building a life that feels aligned.
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Everything Cancer at 29 Taught Her About Stress, Control & Living (opens the original)
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At 29 years old, Anna White thought she was the healthiest she had ever been.She exercised. She cared deeply about wellness. She knew she carried the BRCA1 mutation and was already undergoing regular screenings. Just weeks before her diagnosis, extensive blood testing had told her she was the “picture of health.”Then she found a lump and a few months later, Anna was diagnosed with stage 3 triple-negative breast cancer.In this episode of In Alignment, Marissa sits down with Anna to talk about wha
How She Healed Years of Chronic Pain When Nothing Else Worked (opens the original)
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In this episode of In Alignment , Annie and Marissa sit down with Abby Tartell to talk about the connection between our emotional and physical health, and what can happen when we spend years pushing through, performing, achieving, and avoiding what we actually feel. Abby spent much of her life doing everything “right.” She was a high achiever, a college athlete at Northwestern, went on to work in consulting and attend Kellogg for her MBA, and became the person everyone described as easygoing, ad
How do you actually say “f*ck the timeline” and mean it? (opens the original)
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My life got really good when I stopped needing to know exactly how it was going to happen.This is not something I expected to learn at 32, single, with very little about my life looking the way I once assumed it would by now.If anything, I would have expected the opposite.Dating as a woman in your thirties is a bit of a minefield. You’re told not to rush or settle, but also not to waste time. Oh, and maybe freeze your eggs.And, of course, try not to think too hard about the fact that the men you
The Link Between Perfectionism, Control & Chronic Symptoms (opens the original)
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What if the thing keeping you stuck in your healing journey isn’t that you haven’t found the right supplement, diet, doctor, or protocol, but that you’re trying so hard to fix yourself in the first place? In this episode of In Alignment, Annie sits down with Ciara to talk about her journey from chronic health symptoms and hyper-optimization to nervous system regulation, self-trust, and surrender. Ciara’s health journey began in college with chronic sinus infections and eventually expanded into g
Are the Things Meant for You Supposed to Feel Easy? (opens the original)
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I used to believe that the things meant for you weren’t supposed to feel easy.Because life isn’t easy. Relationships aren’t easy. Building something certainly isn’t easy. So how could you possibly use ease as a compass for whether something is right for you?I think I was confusing easy with ease.The right things can be hard. They can push up against your deepest wounds and insecurities. They can scare you and disappoint you. Sometimes they even bring out the worst in you. There can be conflict a
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