Personal essays and reflections on growth, identity, healing, and evolution. Becoming is the in between space where clarity hasn’t arrived yet, but truth already has.
Peace is not something you stumble into. It is something you protect. You can wake up earlier. You can drink the water. You can journal, stretch, breathe through your triggers, and answer people with a softer tone… But, if everyone still has unrestricted access to you, your peace will always be temporary and peace without…
Somewhere along the way, self awareness started feeling like a performance. If you know better, you should do better. If you’ve healed, you shouldn’t react. If you’ve done the work, you shouldn’t still be triggered by small, inconvenient things. But that’s not how being human works. You can be deeply self aware and still have…
Many women have learned to treat their emotions like obstacles. Something to manage quickly. Something to rise above. Something to correct. If you feel too much, you’re told to calm down. If you feel stuck, you’re told to think positively. If you feel overwhelmed, you’re told to try harder. But what if your feelings aren’t…
There’s a quiet panic many women carry that rarely gets named. It shows up when you scroll. When someone younger announces a milestone. When your life doesn’t look the way you thought it would by now. It sounds like: I should be further along. But what if you’re not behind at all? What if you’re…