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Essay · July 2026 · Substack
How Getting Diagnosed Turned My Life Upside Down
I waited a decade for the diagnosis I thought would make me whole. It did the opposite, and that turned out to be the point.
Essay · May 2026 · Substack
When the Body Keeps the Score: The Curriculum of Grief
When the mind lets go, so the body can heal.
Essay · She Matters
The Checklist Nobody Gave Us
Written for She Matters — on the invisible expectations we inherit, and permission to set them down.
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