Photo on Unsplash by Amanda Sofia Pellenz 1/15/26 One of my dear friends has an uncanny knack for sending me comedy clips at exactly  the moments I need them most. My sister does this too. And then there’s one of my neighbors—someone I walk with early in the morning once or twice a week. During these walk-and-talks, we sometimes share what’s currently challenging us in life… and more often than not, we end up laughing our asses off at how ridiculous the mind can be—making problems out of...

7 minute guided meditation and End of year journal prompts

photo by Marina Vitale Unsplash 12/18/25 Turn your gaze in another direction, and the whole world turns— possibly into something exceptional, or perhaps something unbearable. I look at a friend and experience worlds upon worlds. My experience of them is uniquely my own, shaped by the lens I’m looking through in that moment. Am I seeing their beauty, or their perceived weaknesses and the differences between us? Is my vision rose-colored,clear,or muddy? What I am looking at is the same at its...