the Self Study Papers
Welcome to the blog by the Duality Project. We're so glad you're here. Within these papers, you'll find stories, explorations of ideas, emotions, and learnings. Take what you need and leave the rest.
Storytime with Kate
I felt so seen when a friend sent me an article a few years ago about how caterpillars turn into a goopy nutrient dense soup-like substance inside the chrysalis before they turn into a butterfly.
and maybe you've forgotten this from 7th grade science class like I absolutely...
hiya,
I wanna keep this short and sweet, so I'm gonna dive right in...
I am so proud to say that in the lives of my clients, friends, and myself, we've really been showing how much we've grown lately! Specifically when it comes to leaning into a new way of being or a brave new...
Storytime with Ruby
Hi there,
Is it just me, or has self help become unbearably boring?
Everywhere I turn it's "7 steps to turning your life around for good" and "75 hard your way to greatness" and literally every imaginable self-help equivalent of the 90's diet culture champion: "nothing tastes...
Storytime with Kate
Welcome to the very first week of the year!
New Years Resolutions on the internet are coming in hot.
Goals, up-leveling, doing more!!
Meanwhile here’s how my week has gone so far:
- I’ve been late already 3 times
- My dog got in a fight as the...
Storytime with Kate
For the past 60 days, Ruby and I have made 100 posts on instagram... each. It's a challenge created by Simone Seol called the Garbage Post Challenge.
Ruby and I both felt so burned out on posting on social media after selling our brick and mortar businesses in 2021 that...
Storytime with Kate
In 2015, my grandfather, Gram's husband of 65 years, had just died.
Gram had health issue after health issue the following year.
Her doctor told her she needed to gain 10 lbs.
I was visiting Gram in her empty house - it was just her now. The first time in her life...
Storytime with Kate
I'm gonna start by telling you that I love kids. In order to make it through this newsletter you don't have to feel the same way... but stay with me will ya? *and do your best to read it through my lens of tenderness and awe?
I have always loved kids.
I find...
Storytime with Kate
It's truly not something I ever imagined, but today I spent time on my high school campus and it was... fine. I was fine.
The place is beautiful, stunning, state of the art. I went to a state-of-the-art-school that of course I didn't appreciate at the time...
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Welcome back to the Duality Project, where we unfold the multifaceted world of coaching and personal development through invigorating conversations and insightful discussions. In the second episode of our second season, we are thrilled to introduce our very first podcast guest, Taylor Elyse...
Storytime with Kate
Hey there, I have a proposal:
LET FRIENDSHIPS BE FRIENDSHIPS AGAIN
Do you sometimes leave your interactions with your friends feelings kinda... Unfulfilled? Misunderstood? Unseen? Unheard?
Here's a big question for ya: What do you expect your friends to DO for you?
In other...
Storytime with Ruby
Hey there,
For as long as I’ve been seeing my therapist, we’ve been stuck on repeat. Seriously, since Spring 2019, it’s like a broken record 80% of the time: schedule, calendar, energy, and the never-enough-hours-in-the-day saga. My schedule isn’t just...
Storytime with Kate
Part of what My Self Study Practice has taught me over the years is what, explicitly, am I feeling. The specificity of knowing how I feel has helped me actually feel my feelings instead of reacting to them and letting them hijack my behavior.
This feels really empowering...