healing

How to heal fully and properly.

What I Learned by Staying Quiet
Last night, the apartment was too quiet. Not peaceful quiet. Not candlelight and tea quiet. The heavy kind. The kind that presses against your ears until you start noticing every little sound —
By Karina Adina6 days ago in Motivation
Two Minutes
I didn’t rebuild my life with discipline. I rebuilt it with two minutes. That’s the part people don’t like to hear. They want transformation to sound heroic—early mornings, iron will, dramatic turning points. Mine started on a random afternoon, sitting on the edge of my bed, staring at a wall that felt like it had been closing in for months.
By Luna Vani6 days ago in Motivation
Becoming the Kind of Person Who Expects to Succeed
Most people approach success from the outside in. They set goals. They make plans. They try to force discipline. They push themselves with motivation, pressure, or guilt. And when progress slows or fear creeps in, they assume they’re the problem.
By Stacy Valentine6 days ago in Motivation
Your Voice Deserves to Be Heard, Even If It Shakes
For a long time, I thought confidence had to come first. I believed that before I spoke up, shared my ideas, set boundaries, or went after what I wanted, I needed to feel steady, calm, and certain. I thought confident people didn’t hesitate. I thought their voices didn’t waver.
By Stacy Valentine6 days ago in Motivation
Learning How to Rest Without Giving Up. Content Warning. AI-Generated.
For a long time, rest felt like failure. Not because anyone said it out loud, but because the world quietly rewards exhaustion.
By Chilam Wong6 days ago in Motivation
The Weekend Side Hustle That Changed Everything
Emma was 27 years old, exhausted, and drowning in numbers that never seemed to shrink. Her student loan balance stared back at her every month like a quiet threat. Credit card bills piled on top of rent, groceries, and transportation costs. She worked a full-time job she was grateful for... but it barely kept her afloat. By Friday evenings, instead of feeling relief, she felt dread. Another week gone, another month closer to nothing changing.
By MIGrowth7 days ago in Motivation
My Journey of Self-Discovery Through Drumming
A reflection I wrote about 7 years ago about how I gained a love and a passion for drumming. Part 1: The Beginning Sometimes I sit and wonder to myself how I made it this far. How I hadn’t given up and just decided that I had had enough and been done with it all. But by some miracle, I don’t know if it was God or something else, I am here. I am here and I want to share with you my story.
By Slgtlyscatt3red7 days ago in Motivation
The Boy Who Was Illegal: Trevor Noah’s Masterpiece of Survival
The definitive true story of Trevor Noah, born a crime in Apartheid South Africa, and his harrowing journey from the townships of Soweto to the desk of The Daily Show.
By Frank Massey 7 days ago in Motivation
From Stuck to Unstoppable
I was 32 years old when I realized I'd been living someone else's life. The stable job I didn't love. The apartment I could barely afford. The routine that looked responsible on the outside but felt suffocating on the inside.
By Fazal Hadi7 days ago in Motivation
The Morning I Chose Myself First
I woke up at 5:30 a.m. to an inbox full of demands, a calendar packed with other people's priorities, and a bone-deep exhaustion that no amount of coffee could fix.
By Fazal Hadi7 days ago in Motivation
It's a New Month - February 2026
This last week has been really hard and my month of February is looking like it is going to be very stressful and exhausting.
By The Schizophrenic Mom7 days ago in Motivation
Melancholic Sunbathing
During what seems like it should be one of the greatest times of my life so far, I was actually in one of my darkest times yet. Yes, there may be times similar in the future, but in my mind, I was in the worst of the worst.
By Kaya Jones7 days ago in Motivation