Things worth reading, listening to, and returning to.
A curated collection of articles, conversations, and ideas that deepen the way we think about mind, body, story, relationships, and change.
Selected Resources
How ‘Somatics’ Became the Solution to Modern Life
Somatic work is having a cultural moment, and with that has come both genuine interest and some very big claims. I appreciated this piece for holding both: the value of paying attention to what happens in the body, and the importance of being thoughtful about what we claim somatic work can do.
The hidden cost of workplace rustout
We talk a lot about what happens when work asks too much of us. Less often, we talk about what happens when it asks too little. I appreciated this piece for looking at disengagement not simply as a motivation problem, but as something that can emerge when our capacities, need for growth, and work environment no longer fit.
My Mom Abused Me For Years. After She Died, I Was Overwhelmed By What I Discovered In Her Diaries.
Family stories are rarely simple. We can acknowledge the ways someone harmed us while also understanding the larger story they carried. I appreciated this piece for allowing accountability, love, grief, and change to exist alongside one another, without requiring the past to become something other than what it was.
Targeting perseveration to reduce distress
Rumination and worry can feel like attempts to solve something, prepare for something, or regain a sense of control. I appreciate this piece for looking underneath repetitive thinking and asking what the mind may be trying to regulate.
How Trauma Lodges in the Body, Revisited
Trauma is not only something we remember. It can also shape how we sleep, move, breathe, orient, and respond before language enters the picture. This conversation offers an accessible way into understanding why working with the body can matter alongside insight and narrative.
How Stories Shape Belonging
Stories do more than describe our lives. They can shape how we understand ourselves, our relationships, and where we belong. I like this conversation because it approaches storytelling not simply as reflection, but as something that can influence connection, identity, and meaning.
Notice the Rage; Notice the Silence
Our bodies do not exist outside culture, history, family, or belonging. I return to this conversation for the way it connects embodied experience with the larger systems and histories we live inside, and for its emphasis on noticing what happens in the body before rushing to explain it away.
The Losses We Grow Into
Some losses arrive suddenly. Others become part of the lives we gradually learn to inhabit. I appreciate this conversation for its refusal to reduce grief to resolution, and for the way it explores how we make stories from the losses we carry.
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These resources complement the ideas I explore in my Blog and in The Maduro Method. They are offered for reflection and education, not as a substitute for psychotherapy or individualized care.
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