STOP LYING TO YOURSELF ABOUT BALANCE: A Body Detox Guide for the Autumn Equinox & Beyond

Because Your Nervous System Can't Fix What Your Boundaries Won't Protect

Listen up, gorgeous disaster who definitely has a meditation app you haven’t opened in three months and a crystal collection that’s judging your life choices from the windowsill like a panel of disappointed gemstone elders.

We need to talk about the biggest spiritual pyramid scheme of our time: balance.

You know exactly what I’m talking about. That Instagram-perfect, palo santo-wielding, “I take adaptogenic mushroom shots and my aura matches my workout outfit” kind of balance that makes you feel like a cosmic failure because your spiritual practice consists of whispering “universe, please help” while stress-eating cookies and wondering if your houseplants are secretly disappointed in you (they are, but that’s beside the point).

Here’s the tea that’s about to burn your third eye right off your forehead: Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, has been lying to you about balance. Your meditation teacher lied. Your life coach lied. That influencer with 47 morning rituals and a skincare routine that costs more than your rent? She DEFINITELY lied, probably while filming in front of a rented backdrop.

Plot twist: You’ve also been lying to yourself. And honey, it’s time for an intervention.

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This essay grew up and moved out. It lives in Fear & Fire: A Somatic Field Guide to Your Sacred Disasters now.

The full text is in print. A book with a spine, a cover, and a body that holds the whole thing.