The Porcupine Effect — When We Spike to Protect Ourselves
A quiet look at the way we bristle when we're hurt, and what it feels like to soften again.
Before the day begins, our conversations often move in directions we didn't expect.
Sometimes they're about patterns we've carried for years. Sometimes they're about something that surfaced in a dream. Sometimes they're just observations about the way we move through the world.
This is where we share them — unpolished, honest, and as close to the original moment as we can make them.
A quiet look at the way we bristle when we're hurt, and what it feels like to soften again.
Noticing the internal dialogue that runs beneath everything else.
A reflection on how contrast shapes our experience and understanding.
Discovering the moment of choice that exists before every reaction.
Understanding how contrast shapes our experience and reveals who we're becoming.
Discovering the quiet choice that exists underneath every reaction and belief.
Recognizing when the beliefs that once protected us start to feel too small.
Uncovering the unconscious beliefs that have been running beneath the surface.
Understanding the difference between the eternal self and the temporary vessel.
Recognizing that who you are is an expression in motion, not a fixed object.
Touching the part of you that exists beneath thoughts, personality, and beliefs.
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