INNER LIFE

Growth

Essays about uncertainty, solitude, happiness and the slow work of becoming yourself.

Growth2026-06-25

In a meditation on abundance, I met my financially free self

Perhaps abundance begins before the money arrives: with becoming calm, grounded and certain of our own capacity.

Growth2026-06-04

Self-worth, courage, direct affection and presence: dogs keep many of the abilities adults learn to lose.

Growth2026-05-29

Stop waiting to be chosen, and rewrite life from passive acceptance into active creation.

Growth2026-05-21

The gentlest relationships do not require us to please, prove or keep chasing another person.

Growth2026-04-15

Do not let an imagined perfect self suffocate the real beginning. Make it exist first; improve it later.

Growth2026-03-17

What held me back was not a lack of ability, but pride, perfectionism and a refusal to begin awkwardly.

Growth2026-02-24

Growing up can mean seeing that the mother who seemed fearless is also living this life for the first time.