Two Questions That Changed How I Spend Myself
Whether you can do something tells you almost nothing about whether you have the resources to do it well. Here are the two questions I ask instead, and what changed when I started asking them.


Whether you can do something tells you almost nothing about whether you have the resources to do it well. Here are the two questions I ask instead, and what changed when I started asking them.

Why the difference between what you're capable of and what you actually have the capacity for might be the most important distinction you've never made, and what changes when you finally do.

Burnout isn't weakness. It's what happens when capability outruns capacity. A somatic practitioner and former lawyer explain the difference between what you're capable of and what you have available, and why that distinction changes everything.

Why does everything feel like your fault, even things you didn't cause? A somatic practitioner explains where the belief "it's always me" comes from, why it once made sense, and how to tell what belongs to you.

Why do you keep doing things you don't want to do, feel overwhelmed, or disconnected from yourself? A look at the Adapted Self and the Expansive Self, and how to tell which one is leading your life.

Why do you feel like everything has to be perfect before you can relax? A somatic look at where this adapted belief comes from, what it does to your nervous system, and how to feel okay without fixing everything first.