Infinite scroll was presented as a convenience feature. No more clicking "next page." Just keep scrolling and content keeps appearing. Seamless. Frictionless. Easy.

You think you're making choices on social media. You're not. You're being choice-architected into predictable behavioral loops by teams of psychologists, neuroscientists, and behavioral economists whose entire job is to make you do what they want without realizing you're being manipulated.

Let's talk about the words people use to make you feel like your existence is a problem. "You're intimidating." "You're too intense." "You're too much." "You're being dramatic." "You need to chill." "You're too sensitive." "Can't you just be easy?" If you've heard any version of this especially from people you wanted connection with, people you were vulnerable with, people you thought were safe here's what actually happened: You had needs. You expressed desire. You set a bo

You feel it, don't you? That cellular-level revulsion disguised as self-doubt. The wellness influencer with 847K followers telling you to "just vibrate higher" while her $444 manifestation course auto-renews on your maxed-out credit card. The guru in Lululemon is preaching non-attachment from a $12 million Malibu compound. The trauma-informed life coach who diagn

You can't rest without feeling guilty. You can't take a sick day without apologizing. You can't say no without a twelve-paragraph explanation justifying why you're unavailable. You can't sit still without your brain immediately generating a list of everything you should be doing instead. And you think this is just how you are. Responsible. Conscientious. A hard worker. Someone who takes things seriously. But here's what actually happened: You were conditioned. Systematicall

You're doing everything right. The morning routine is locked in. You're journaling, meditating, using the right face oils, buying the ethically sourced sage. You've got the therapist, the supplements, the boundary scripts saved in your notes app. You're performing wellness like it's a fucking Olympic sport. And you're still exhausted. Here's why: Self-care got colonized. What started as a radical actBlack feminists and activists insisting that rest is resistance in a system

There's a phrase that should make every adult stop and pay attention: "if you even care." But instead of hearing it as the cry for help it actually is, we dismiss it as teenage drama or attention-seeking. We're missing something crucial.

In the myth, Persephone starts as Kore, which means "maiden." She represents innocence, potential, connection to life, and the pursuit of growth. Hades represents the ruler of unconscious forces, including transformation, shadow, and the parts of life we'd rather not face.

There's a word that explains more about toxic relationships, media manipulation, and collective trauma than any other concept I know. The word is "binding" - and understanding how it works could save you from being trapped by people, systems, and cultural narratives that want to consume your energy for their own purposes.