The in-between isn't empty time. It's the actual work. It's where everything you've been moving toward is forming, and it requires you to be present with it instead of skipping to the part where you understand it and have what you desire. Grief shows up here, and you can't outrun it by getting busy.

Every woman I talk to right now is burnt out. Not tired — depleted in a way that doesn't lift with a good night's sleep. And I think a lot of us have half-decided it means something's wrong with us. It doesn't. Here's what I've had to remember about being this tired, and why you're allowed to stop pushing.

I was folding laundry when a message came through that made me deeply uncomfortable. It was about the change we're all living through, and what to do when you can't trust the systems anymore. This one's about trusting yourself first — and why that's impossible until you make peace with your fear.