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Today I'm honoring one of my spiritual fathers , Buddhist monk Thích Nhất Hạnh, who died in January 2022. He was a peace activist, prolific author, poet, and teacher, who founded the Plum Village Tradition, and is recognized as the main inspiration for engaged Buddhism. Known as the "father of mindfulness" his words have held me through so much healing. Spiritual mothers and fathers can come from almost anywhere, not just proximity, and if you come from toxic or inadequate parents like me, this matters. We've been conditioned to avoid all suffering, to demand safe spaces externally, but the only real safety is what you cultivate inside yourself with your own inner child. Remember that breathing is the bridge between mind and body - just being is your birthright. Light and love, and I hope you enjoy this throwback episode and the lesson in it.

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You might be an empath if you walk into rooms knowing who's lying before they speak. If small talk drains you like sandpaper against your soul because you crave depth. If you love people while secretly not liking most - that paradox nobody admits. If you confuse intuition with anxiety because childhood taught you to ignore your screaming gut and just spin. This gift becomes an asset when we trust ourselves as our own authority.

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Toxic relationships don't always look toxic from the outside, keeping too many stuck way longer than necessary. The missing ingredient isn't love, it's willingness to address issues and compromise instead of that "take it or leave it" vibe. Safety to broach hard conversations without table flipping energy matters more than anything. Your best self emerging or your worst self taking over tells you everything you need to know. Owning your part without over functioning or making yourself the scapegoat is how sensitives heal and build relationships that work. Light and love.

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One of my best friends is battling cancer, the kind where you make sure your paperwork is in order. Watching from the sidelines feels like trying to put out a house fire by spitting. That sneaky bastard perfectionism keeps whispering "I can control outcomes", but really it's just hypervigilance I've known since I was a little girl wearing grown-up clothes. Remember that our worth stays fixed even when feelings lie and scream you're worthless. The critical voice wakes up whenever we're depleted like an old dysfunctional friend. As HSPs, we can build a wise part that holds us through waves of grief and says there's nothing to fight right now, just breathe. Surrender means accepting some questions have no answers and showing up imperfectly is okay and honest.

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Loneliness chips away slowly, not like a crisis you can diagnose with an MRI. Making friends as adults feels impossibly hard because we don't realize childhood forced us together, creating friendships that seemed magical but were really just proximity. Age-gap friendships carry a weird taboo, like something's inherently wrong with befriending people outside your generation, yet these connections offer nutrients your soul desperately needs. I share a personal story about a 20-year-old waitress that meets a couple in their 60s who show her what kindness looks like through small acts.

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