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Armor and Appetite: The Hidden Mechanics of Flirtation
I’ve been thinking about the ways women and femmes use flirtation, and how different it feels depending on whether it’s genuine or...

Zero (aka Charlie Nicely)
4 days ago4 min read


Seeing From Where We Stand
One of the strange truths about human development is this: Those who are near our own level of maturity and awareness tend to recognize...

Zero (aka Charlie Nicely)
Aug 106 min read


The Invisible Tax of Authenticity in Therapy Work
There is an invisible tax paid by those who show up authentically in professions shaped by rigid, colonial, and patriarchal ideals....

Zero (aka Charlie Nicely)
Jul 72 min read


The Pain of Incongruence: What Happens When We Stop Muting Our Bullshit Detector
Some people say they want depth. They say they want truth, clarity, soulful connection, conscious space. But what they often mean is: “I...

Zero (aka Charlie Nicely)
Jun 283 min read


Reaching vs. Opening: From Tṛṣṇā to Prīti to the Home Beneath All Longing
There is a kind of longing that reaches out like a hand in the dark — straining, searching, aching to be filled. This is tṛṣṇā—the...

Zero (aka Charlie Nicely)
Jun 212 min read


"You stay in control so I can finally let go."
"You stay in control so I can finally let go." This is the quiet contract that lives under so many trauma-shaped relationships. It shows...

Zero (aka Charlie Nicely)
Jun 192 min read


The Sacred Work of Softness
Some people are carrying entire wars inside of them— resentments stacked like sandbags, grief turned to rot, rooms sealed off for so long...

Zero (aka Charlie Nicely)
May 291 min read


The Sacred Nothing: On Gender, Colonization, and the Transmutation of Self
To awaken is to see that the categories we’ve been handed are not the truth. They are the architecture of forgetting. Biological sex has...

Zero (aka Charlie Nicely)
May 143 min read


The Truth About Emotional Safety: A Lullaby for a Hurting World
Some say emotional safety doesn’t exist. That true safety is an illusion. And when I’ve heard this, it’s often been from young men...

Zero (aka Charlie Nicely)
May 132 min read


We Need Depth to Die Well
There’s a reason people avoid emotional depth in public—it asks something of them. And we live in a culture that rewards avoiding that...

Zero (aka Charlie Nicely)
May 102 min read


The Subtle Violence of Looking Like You’re Okay
There is a kind of performance that shows up across all spaces—spiritual, professional, personal. It speaks in polished declarations: I’m...

Zero (aka Charlie Nicely)
May 72 min read


Ask for What You Need
Ask for what you need like you're entitled to receive care. Like the earth asks for rain— without apology. Because you are meant to be...

Zero (aka Charlie Nicely)
May 51 min read


For the Saints That Weren't Held
Some carry the energy of the Silent Saint or the Invisible Mother—those whose love, attunement, and quiet labor have been mythologized,...

Zero (aka Charlie Nicely)
May 45 min read


The Bent Tree
"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate." — C.G. Jung -- There are wounds buried so...

Zero (aka Charlie Nicely)
Apr 291 min read


The Weaver at the Edge of Silence
Inside you, there is a tireless weaver. Small hands, quick hands, holy hands. Threading, knotting, mending, untying — each thread a...

Zero (aka Charlie Nicely)
Apr 283 min read


The Mind Can Memorize the Language of Spirit. But It Cannot live It.
There is a difference between speaking of love, emptiness, presence — and actually standing barefoot inside them. The mind can string...

Zero (aka Charlie Nicely)
Apr 262 min read


Everything is Already in Flow — But Can You Feel It?
Sometimes we hear the words: "Everything is already in flow." "It all unfolds as it needs to." And while this is true, it is not a truth...

Zero (aka Charlie Nicely)
Apr 252 min read


Edge Walkers
In therapy—and in life—“the edge” is the place where we meet something in ourselves that we haven’t yet developed the capacity to hold....

Zero (aka Charlie Nicely)
Apr 231 min read


Ungrounded People Unground People
Ungrounded people unground people. Not maliciously, but often unconsciously. They float just outside themselves, reaching—into your...

Zero (aka Charlie Nicely)
Apr 191 min read


Speaking from the Body
Lately I’ve been feeling into the difference between speaking from the mind versus speaking from the body. Here’s what I’ve noticed:...

Zero (aka Charlie Nicely)
Apr 61 min read
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