There once was a woman who lived in a loud world—
a world of noise that filled every corner.
It seeped into her days like water through cracks,
so slowly she didn’t notice—
until, one day, she could no longer hear herself.
She didn’t know the sound of her own voice anymore.
Her thoughts felt foreign, as though they belonged to someone else.
She wore the opinions, strategies, beliefs,
and even dreams of others.
like shoes that were three sizes too small.
She was drowning in the consumption of information,
holding onto the belief that if she just knew more,
she would become something more.
But instead she only felt less than.
Until one day, she realized that she could choose—
choose to step away,
choose to opt out.
Slowly, she began to unplug herself from the noise.
She turned off notifications.
She unsubscribed.
She unfollowed.
She built boundaries like soft walls around her own heart.
She welcomed the silence like an old friend.
She created quiet corners where she could breathe again,
where she could return to herself.
The clouds began to lift in her mind,
and her body felt the deepest of exhales.
From that stillness,
she began to dip her toe back into the pools of noise—
but this time with a discernment she had never known before.
Like panning for gold,
she gathered the nuggets that nourished her soul
and let the rest wash away.
Beneath the noise,
she found the fullest version of herself.
Beneath the noise,
she remembered.
What will you remember that’s been buried underneath the noise?
Want to dive deeper with me?
We don’t build a new life by escaping the old one.
We build it by rooting into the truth we’re ready to live.