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  • just don't embarass me
    I’ve been embarrassed by my clothes, my voice, my family, my silence, my laughter — pretty much everything that made me me.

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    48 min
  • if everything’s a compromise, he’s not the one
    I don’t mean compromise in the way that two healthy people meet each other halfway. That’s part of life, that’s part of love. No relationship thrives without some give and take. What I’m talking about is when the “compromise” starts to feel like you giving up yourself. When every choice, every plan, every dream has to shrink down so it can fit into his comfort zone, his needs, his world… that’s not compromise anymore. That’s self-erasure.

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    55 min
  • i am strong in my sensitivity
    I’ve been thinking a lot about what it really means to be strong. For most of my life, I thought strength was about toughness, about being unshaken, unbothered, unaffected by the chaos of the world. Maybe you’ve thought that too. 

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    30 min
  • region beta paradox
    grab your tea, your coffee, your walking shoes, whatever you’re doing right now—and let’s dive into this paradox. By the end, I want you to not just understand it, but to see it in your own life, and maybe, just maybe, to feel the courage to step out of your own “region beta.”

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    17 min
  • you have to put yourself first
    Life is noisy. Work, relationships, social media, family expectations, even random strangers’ opinions — it all stacks up. And somewhere under that pile, there’s you, maybe tired, maybe worn thin, maybe quietly wondering if you even deserve the kind of care you give everyone else.

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    54 min
  • they’re bigger deals than first kisses
    How they get this huge amount of press when we’re growing up. Every teen movie treats them like fireworks. Every coming-of-age story builds up to that moment like it’s the grand finale. And sure — first kisses can be sweet. Sometimes they’re magical, or clumsy, or hilariously weird.

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    14 min
  • i've never done it before, so i think i can do it
    It’s a mindset flip. And in today’s episode — buckle up — we’re going to explore this from every possible angle. Personal stories, ridiculous failures, wins I didn’t see coming, and some advice that might help you step into things you’ve been avoiding.v

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    13 min
  • when fiction hits too close
    Spoiler alert ahead. If you haven’t read/watch We Were Liars, you may want to skip this. The payoff is devastating

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    16 min

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@allesae invite you to take the time to admire the world that surrounds us, to let yourself live fully in this poetry to go to the four corners of the world, together.

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