This is a love letter for everyone holding it in – trying to be strong, trying to keep it together, to keep themselves from crying. This is for the lonely hearts, the ones who are afraid of letting themselves down and letting it all fall apart. This is your reminder to cry, to release, to use this as remedy. This episode started as a bad experience in a nurse’s chair, and turned out to be the thing I needed for catharsis.

Oh 'corporate', what shall we do with you, ol' girl.

The letter I read was from my junior years as an advertising gal, and although so much has changed since writing that letter, a lot of it is still the same. Oh creativity, what a lifelong journey you are.

What started as a chat about having a morning routine turned to an existential chat about purpose, life-work balance and reaffirming this beautiful gift of writing. Totally normal segue.

The beauty of growing up is seeing your parents not as figures that guide you through life, but as people who grow with you. I’ve had the privilege of seeing my own in this way and I’m so glad I do.

Grief-stricken, crashing out, and only the words of my late friend led me to creating this podcast as a declaration of love for her. I hope she’s proud.