Neizen Fenech

There are moments in life when you start believing you are the issue. You start telling yourself, 'you are too sensitive', 'too emotional', 'too quiet', or simply, 'too much'. But sometimes, the problem is not who you are, but the environment you are trying to survive in. Some spaces drain you long before you start realising what is happening. Some people make you shrink, apologize, doubt yourself, or just walk carefully as if every step might crack everything beneath you. It is not always...

There is a kind of heaviness that often does not announce itself. It does not come with tears or shouting or those dramatic moments. It is quiet pressure that sits somewhere between your chest and your thoughts. A heaviness that makes ordinary days feel slightly harder, and small tasks feel progressively heavier. It is the weight we do not talk about We Carry More Than We Show Most of us wake up every morning carrying responsibilities, expectations, and pressure that no one else sees. ...

Some days, you wake up already tired. Some days, you can't explain why your chest feels heavy. Some days you feel sick. And that is completely okay. Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final. - Rainer Maria Rilke We are living in a world where we are constantly expected to smile, show up, perform, and act as if everything is under control. But many of us carry weights and thoughts that we don't really know how to express. We are often pressured to...