Archive - softer

On opting out of trying to be 'happier'

and trying my best to tease apart the unique and varied experience of actual joy

Jan 24 •

November 2024

Self-care culture is gaslighting us.

Maybe the deepest form of self love is allowing ourselves our humanness.

Nov 27, 2024 •

October 2024

When the cold air comes.

a poem, maybe a prayer, but mostly a reminder

Oct 18, 2024 •

August 2024

a love-ish letter from the part I love the least to the part I love the most.

Aug 30, 2024 •

Doing it badly.

turns out my aesthetic doesn't need to be aesthetic, after all

Aug 23, 2024 •

Grapefruit skies.

on the magic that is an untouched summer morning.

Aug 14, 2024 •

July 2024

Who you really are.

to grieve the versions of ourselves that will never be is a brave thing to do.

Jul 30, 2024 •

December 2023

Is "getting off social" trending?

On unintentionally recreating the systems we're trying to escape.

Dec 1, 2023 •

November 2023

Making friends.

Mid-30's, highly sensitive, introverted, only wanna talk if we're going slightly dark and a little socially risky. kthxbye.

Nov 24, 2023 •

a reclamation of sorts

Nov 17, 2023 •

Release | a reading

a quiet exploration of all the forms release can take and our inner reckoning with it

Nov 10, 2023 •

October 2023

Soften | a reading

a sweet reminder that the option to soften into your experience is always available.

Oct 12, 2023 •

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