One Tiny Shift

A Tiny Shift for Your Week

A short note each week about emotional health, relationships, and the small patterns that shape our lives. One idea, one small practice, and that week's podcast episode.

I write these to give you one idea worth thinking about and one practice worth trying.

What I'll send you

One practical idea about stress, reactivity, relationships, or emotional health. One small practice you can try that week. Plus that week's podcast episode. That's it.

Recent letters

Why you still react that way even though you know better

On the knowing-doing gap: why we react on autopilot even when we know better, and how to catch it.

For anyone who's been holding everything together and feeling invisible doing it

On feeling unseen while carrying it all, and the quiet power of being witnessed.

Why trying harder to sleep makes it worse

For a long time, I really struggled with insomnia. Here is what actually helps.

How to STOP Being So Hard on Yourself When You Make a Mistake

Last year I got pulled into a Facebook scam. What it taught me about self-criticism.

The grief nobody talks about

When most of us think about grief, we think about death. But there is a quieter kind.

Why your brain keeps replaying that conversation

On replaying conversations in your head, and how to step out of rumination.