Words are worlds
A collection of reflections and resources on somatic healing, personal growth, and holistic psychology.
How to Survive Your Saturn Return: A Field Guide
Saturn Return doesnβt arrive with a warning. One day, life just starts shifting beneath your feet. Relationships unravel, identities crack open, and the structures youβve relied on stop holding. Itβs disorienting, confronting, and wildly transformative. But beneath the chaos is an initiation: a dismantling of who you thought you were, and an emergence into who youβre meant to become.
Signs You May Be in a Portal: How to Recognize and Move Through Times of Transformation
When life feels disorienting, old versions of yourself resurface, and the impulse to push through intensifies, you may be traversing a βportalβ β a threshold between who you were and who youβre becoming. Letβs explore key signs youβre in this liminal space, and some gentle guidance on how to move through it with presence, compassion, and embodied awareness.
The Mystic Archetype
The Mystic is both seeker and guardian of the mysteriesβinviting us into unknowing, union, and transformation. She calls us through longing, awe, and the breaking apart of certainty, asking us to surrender control and be remade. To walk with her is to discover that the sacred isnβt far off but woven into breath, body, and the shimmering world around us.
Not All Anxiety Is Created Equal: How to Understand the Way Anxiety Shows Up in Your Mind, Your Bodyβor Both
Anxiety doesnβt always look like panic. Sometimes itβs racing thoughts, sometimes itβs a restless body. Hereβs how to tell the difference between cognitive and somatic anxiety.
Trauma is Not What Happened to YouβItβs Your Bodyβs Response to What Happened to You
Trauma isnβt just what happenedβitβs how your body carries it. Old survival patterns can look like anxiety, shutdown, or people-pleasing. The good news? You donβt have to stay stuck.
The Maiden Archetype
Letβs explore the Maiden archetype: her true power, cultural distortion, embodied and wounded expressions, and the path to reclaiming self-trust.
How Long Do Emotions Last? Science Says 90 SecondsβBut Thereβs a Catch
Emotions naturally last just 90 seconds in the body. So why do some feelings linger for hours? The answer lies in the mindβand how we can finally let emotions move through.
The Science and Soul of Trauma Healing Breathwork
Participating in a breathwork session was the first time I understood that healing wasnβt about bypassing painβit was about being with it. But more than that, it was about moving through it, breath by breath.
Reclaiming the Feminine Psyche: The Archetypes We Lost and Why They Matter
While we may have been given a version of the feminine that feels limitedβone that keeps us small, self-sacrificing, and defined by how we serve othersβthe truth is, we are so much more. The feminine is not a single role or a fixed path; it is expansive, layered, and whole. And we get to reclaim it.
Understanding Masculine and Feminine Energy: Reclaiming Wholeness
For too long, weβve been told that masculinity means control and femininity means submissionβbut thatβs a lie. Masculine and feminine energies arenβt gendered; theyβre universal forces within us all. When we integrate them, we reclaim our wholeness. Hereβs how
Shadow Integration: How Understanding Your Unconscious Mind Unlocks Deeper Healing
Shadow work and shadow integration have the power to help you understand your unconscious mind and unlock deeper healing. Discover how these practices, utilizing your brains natural neuroplasticity, can rewire emotional patterns and lead to lasting personal growth.
Exploring Your Inner World: How Active Imagination Can Transform Your Healing Journey
Discover the power of exploring your inner landscape through guided visualization and active imagination. By connecting with your subconscious mind, you can unlock hidden emotions, uncover deep wisdom, and bring balance to your mental and somatic experiences. This journey of self-discovery empowers you to reclaim parts of yourself that have long been ignored, or rejected, inviting you into holistic healing, growth and personal transformation.
Harnessing the Power of Myth: Using Archetypes for Personal Growth and Healing
Explore how mythic stories and archetypes from ancient Greek mythology to modern tales like Harry Potter can empower personal transformation and healing. Discover how to apply these timeless narratives to your own life journey.