Status Updates From Awake: A Memoir

On reflection, choosing to listen to the audio version of a book written and narrated by an author I've never had much affinity for may have been a mistake. 😆 We'll see if I can endure...

“How do I reject the systems without disparaging the people I love?”

I so deeply relate to this struggle.

“…cognitive dissonance was a spiritual cross to bear. ‘Believe what you are told, not what you see. Believe what you are taught, not what you feel. Believe what we say, not what you know deep in your soul.’ Why were we asked to accept such misalignment between our head and our heart?…Who benefits when we are required to overlook red flags, and blindly follow?”