How My Saturn Return Led Me to Astrology (And Finally Leaving the Corporate Path)
How my Saturn Return reshaped my career path, led me to formal Hellenistic astrology training, and helped me understand misalignment and purpose.
The Body Keeps the Score Review: Trauma, Nervous System Healing, and My Journey Through Cancer
When I first read The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, I expected a clinical discussion on trauma. What I found instead was a profound reminder that trauma is not just psychological, it lives in the body, shaping our nervous system, breath, and sense of safety.
Years before reading it, I was diagnosed with lung cancer. While medicine addressed the condition, I had to confront something deeper: unprocessed grief I had carried silently for years. My body had been holding what my mind could not.
This reflection explores how trauma is stored in the body, why talk alone isn’t enough for healing, and how safety, community, and embodied practices help the nervous system relearn trust.
Healing is not mystical. It is physiological, relational, and deeply human.
Hellenistic vs Modern Astrology: Why Timing Matters More Than Personality
Most astrology focuses on personality traits. My approach focuses on recurring life patterns, timing, and why certain years feel harder or more decisive than others. Here’s why I use Hellenistic astrology and how it creates clearer, more practical readings.
Guan Yin and the Practice of Compassion: What She Taught Me Beyond Books
A reflection on Guan Yin, the bodhisattva of compassion, and how her teachings on presence and softness shaped my spiritual path.
Do You Have to Be Psychic to Read Tarot? The Truth About Intuition and Skill
Do you need to be psychic to read tarot? A grounded look at what actually makes tarot readings powerful: presence, listening, and psychological insight.
A Million Little Pieces and the Truth About Ugly Healing
A reflection on A Million Little Pieces and what addiction, shame, and messy recovery teach us about resilience and rebuilding.
Finding Meaning in Suffering: Lessons from Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning
A reflection on Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning and how trauma, lung cancer, and childhood dysfunction reshaped my understanding of purpose.
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult: What Fiction Taught Me About Compassion and Silence
A reflection on Jodi Picoult’s Nineteen Minutes and what fiction teaches about bullying, compassion, silence, and moral complexity.
When Breath Becomes Air: What Lung Cancer Taught Me About Time, Identity, and Meaning
A reflection on When Breath Becomes Air, lung cancer, mortality, identity, and what it means to live fully before time runs out.
The Untethered Soul Review: Meditation, Letting Go, and the Freedom of Awareness
A reflection on The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer, meditation, letting go, and discovering you are not your thoughts but the awareness behind them.