What You Seek Is Seeking You 🔮


Notes From a Relationship Coach
(Big ideas in a small email)

“When the time slows, notice where your mind goes. Focus on the eye where the lotus of the mind grows. Here, you will find holes in the blindfolds of your well-defined roles… go behind those.”

–Adam Enough, What You Seek

In my formative years, seeking connection too often resulted in pain and humiliation, and seeking protection was equally awful and traumatic. So it makes sense why I’ve had big NO THANKS energy all my life.

My nervous system decided it just wasn’t a good idea to want, need, or expect anything from anyone. Ever. And obviously, juvenile diabetes poured gasoline on that self-reliance-or-die philosophy.

But in recent attempts to work with my grizzly soul-wounds (still a work in progress), I’ve reconnected with men in a new way (where much of my abuse came from) and have made efforts to find a YES PLEASE behind each no-thanks-shaped wall.

So I make friends with a guy who casually asks if I do anything musically. I tell him I used to, but haven’t recorded in like a decade. Turns out dude is an insanely talented producer who needs a lyricist to frolic on his masterpieces.

Yes, please.

We’ve recorded three songs inside of two months, and What You Seek is a collaboration with my new friend and another amazing producer. This will be our first official release (available Feb 1 on all streaming platforms). You can listen for free or purchase at the above link.

Obviously, I don’t expect anyone to, haha. But mannnnnn, it would be cool if you did.

Thank you for being on this journey with me,


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