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The third option — between reckless adoption and defensive dismissal — and what it actually looks like in practice. In the previous piece I wrote about the fox and the grapes — about the professional habit of dismissing what we have not properly tried, and how that dismissal is often anxiety wearing the clothes

“On the fox, and on the professional habit of deciding something is not worth having before you have properly tried to reach it.” – Somatic Clarity You know the fable. The fox sees grapes hanging high on a vine. He tries to reach them, fails, and walks away declaring that they were probably sour

Here is a difference between releasing what weighs you down and abandoning what makes you who you are. In the first piece of this series, I wrote about the difference between relief and clarity — how the feeling of letting go can be real and good, while still being something other than wisdom. I

There is a particular feeling that comes when you get rid of something. A bag of clothes you no longer wear, a shelf of books you will never read again, the furniture that made the room feel smaller than it was. The space that follows is almost physical — a loosening, a breath. It

It’s been a while since I posted anything! I’m back with a new episode from the podcast Hoshirio. This season, we’re welcoming friends and family to share ideas and personal stories worth spreading in our warm Hoshirio community. In this new episode, I am joined by my long-time friend Kaisa — a sociolinguistics researcher