The stories we tell about ourselves can become cages. Mine were lined with perfectionism and survival logic—a looping narrative that said if I stayed small, perfect and useful, I might stay safe. Meditation didn’t erase that story. It showed me how I kept writing it. When I first sat in silence, I thought I was doing something wrong. My mind replayed every memory that still carried heat—moments when I failed, froze or disappeared to stay loved. The harder I tried […]
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