As the new year begins, this post invites a slower, more relational start. Drawing from neuroscience and lived experience, it explores the power of gratitude—how receiving it heals, how giving it strengthens bonds, and how simple letters can help us move forward together.

Women need spaces where they can show up as the whole truth. Where loneliness can be named without shame.

I share a raw moment of feeling left out at a work event and how quickly that spiral of self-doubt can take over, even on a good day. Through the lens of neuroscience and self-awareness, this reflection explores rejection sensitivity, belonging, and the power of choosing to keep showing up as yourself—corner seat and all.

PS Society gave me back to myself. For the first time in a long time, I could show up without a mask—no performance, no pressure, just presence. They didn’t just see my skills; they saw me. And they didn’t ask me to do more than I could—they held space for what I could give, and celebrated it. In a world that so often demands polish, they reminded me that being real is more than enough.