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Why Do I Feel Guilty About Making Money?

A client pays you, or your income grows, and you feel guilty. Underneath the guilt is an agreement that puts money and being a good person on opposite sides.

Read the essay September 21, 2026

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Why Do I Get So Attached to People?

You meet someone and within days you are afraid of losing them. Where that fear starts, why the same kind of relationship keeps finding you, and what changes when you stop abandoning yourself to keep someone close.

September 15, 2026
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Why Self-Help Doesn't Change You: It Works on One Layer

Self-help asks the mind to change behaviour, while behaviour comes from several layers acting at once. Why the same patterns keep repeating, and what makes them stop: slowing down, dropping the should-haves, and following the excitement.

September 14, 2026
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The Function of a Narcissistic Mother

If creation is whole, even a narcissistic mother has a function. A lineage-grounded look at why the wound keeps hurting, and what growing up without love makes room for.

June 30, 2026
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The Difference Between Love and Attachment

Attachment and love can feel identical, but they move in opposite directions: one reaches out to fill an emptiness, the other overflows from fullness. Here's the real difference.

June 2, 2026