The difference between being recognized… and being resonant. For a long time, I thought visibility was proof of potency. That if your work was powerful, it would naturally expand outward in obvious ways: numbers, reach, attention. But I’m realizing something else. Mass recognition requires simplification. It asks you to become legible to the collective. Predictable. Contained in a version of yourself that people can understand quickly. And I don’t think I’m built for that. I don’t want to freeze into a persona. I don’t want to become digestible. I don’t want to hold projection at scale. What I actually want is depth. I want the kind of resonance where a few people truly feel it. Where something shifts internally. Where we meet each other without performance or hierarchy. That feels expansive. Mass attention feels like containment. Depth connection feels like sovereignty. I’m curious...do you want to be widely seen, or deeply met? There’s no right answer. I just think it’s worth asking ourselves which one our nervous system actually prefers.

Happy Monday, everyone! I'm curious today... what would you all like to learn? Tell me in the comments.

Last night I felt a familiar heat rise in me during a conversation about directing rage outward through spiritual practice. I wasn’t threatened, and I wasn’t trying to be superior. I simply care deeply about integrity. We’re living in a time where intensity is often confused with power and reaction is framed as sovereignty. I’ve done too much inner work to mistake volatility for strength, so my body responded. I spoke once, calmly, from my values. What interested me more than the conversation itself was what happened next. I felt the pull to press further, to explain more, correct more, stabilize the space. That pull is old in me. I learned very early how to regulate chaos, and my nervous system still knows how to step forward when something feels reckless. But maturity for me is no longer about how well I can manage a room. It’s about whether I can hold my integrity without carrying responsibility for everyone else’s development. So I stopped. I acknowledged what was said, and I stepped back, even though there was tension in that restraint. Letting the moment remain unresolved taught me more than continuing would have. Discernment doesn’t require domination. Integrity doesn’t require escalation. I can see clearly without standing taller. I can disagree without correcting. I can care without carrying. Sometimes growth looks like saying what needs to be said once, and then trusting other adults to walk their own path.

Go outside if you can. If not, a hallway, or a room where you can pace will do. The earth hears you either way. Opening: Stand still for a moment before you begin. Feel your feet. Feel their weight. Feel how the ground answers without asking questions. Say once, low, steady: "I walk with what is ready to leave." Begin walking. The Walk: Let your pace be natural. Not ceremonial or forced. Arms swing. Jaw softens. Eyes take in what they take in. After a few breaths, find your rhythm: Inhale for two steps Exhale for three or four Longer out than in. Like letting breath fog a mirror and fade. As you walk, you may feel: emotion crest and fall memories brush past irritation, grief, relief, or nothing at all Do not sort it. Do not name it. When something stirs, say quietly: "I feel you. You may move." Keep walking. Mantra in Motion: After several minutes, let the mantra enter: one phrase per step, or per breath. Step—"release." Step—"ground." Step—"remain." If the words fall away into silence, let them. The feet know the prayer. The Turning Point: At some point, the body will signal: a deeper breath, a yawn, a sigh, a natural slowing... When that happens, stop walking. Place one hand on your belly or chest. Say: "What was ready has loosened. What is not ready may wait." Stand still for three breaths. Closing: Before returning to your day, say: "I am still held. I am still whole. The earth carries what I no longer need." Touch the ground if you can. Or press your feet firmly down once. The rite is complete.