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Zero (aka Charlie Nicely)
Oct 19, 20242 min read
We Need to Normalize Autistic People as Caregivers, Lovers, and Healers
We need to normalize autistic people as caregivers, lovers, and healers. As an autistic person, I’ve experienced the most stigma and...
Zero (aka Charlie Nicely)
Sep 13, 20249 min read
Another Paradigm is Possible and it Will Ask Everything of Us
It's been such a profound year. I've come home to the light, joy, spaciousness, and connection that is most native to my entire system....
Zero (aka Charlie Nicely)
Aug 2, 20241 min read
The Power of Relationship Ruptures
Ruptures in relationships are a natural part of relational cycles. When we do repair work after ruptures have occurred, our nervous...
Zero (aka Charlie Nicely)
Apr 19, 20242 min read
Pleasure and Self-compassion
Your relationship with pleasure is positively correlated to your relationship with self-compassion. To the degree that you open to...
Zero X
Apr 17, 20241 min read
Softness
And your sharp edges soften You can no longer enact self-harm through the company of those who harm themselves You are too soft for that...
Zero X
Jul 16, 20233 min read
To Die is the Privilege of a Lifetime
On October 15th, 2022 I stood at the end of a hospital bed and watched my father die due to an opioid overdose. After being taken off of...
Zero X
Jul 6, 20232 min read
Here's to Ugliness!
Growing up in Los Angeles, I’ve been pretty well saturated by, if not totally drown in, limited ideas of beauty. As a kid I used to model...
Zero X
Jul 6, 20231 min read
Four Ways to Maintain Social Connections with People Who Can’t Meet Us Emotionally
1. Relationship vs. relatedness. In a relationship we’re open and establish emotional reciprocity whereas in relatedness there’s...
Zero X
Jul 6, 20232 min read
Love Liberates, It Doesn't Hold
Nearly 18 years ago I gave birth to this magnificent human being. I can’t believe it’s been 18 years. This birthday feels bigger than...
Zero X
Jul 6, 20231 min read
Trust is Granted Not Earned
Our internal process about trust is based on past experiences, much of which have been experiences of disappointment, disconnection, and...
Zero X
May 21, 20233 min read
Love Is All
About 8 years ago, I wrote a relationship manifesto. It included the values, needs, and intentions that I had within relationship. That...
Zero X
Apr 22, 20211 min read
A Blurb About the Constructive Nature of Conflict
Conflict is a mechanism for learning how to love one another better. When we sweep conflict under the rug, the conflict has a tendency to...
Zero X
Dec 7, 20191 min read
What Creativity Taught Me About Perseverance
Creativity and art have been a central aspect of my life. There have been times in the past that were so bleak that I had little to live...
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