Season 2 Episode 2
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Season 2 Episode 2

What if the part of you that feels deeply and the part of you that knows how to stay strong were never meant to be separate?

In this episode, we explore how strength can become a kind of armor, how sensitivity is often misunderstood, and why many of us feel like we have to choose between the two.

You’ll be invited to notice your own patterns, your preferences, and your assumptions—and to begin exploring what becomes possible when both are allowed to exist together.

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Season 2 Episode 1
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Season 2 Episode 1

We all have parts of ourselves that feel easier to accept…and others that don’t.

In this episode, we explore how that division begins—how we learn, often without realizing it, which parts of us are “okay” to be and which parts aren’t. Over time, that learning shapes our identity and creates a subtle but powerful split within us.

You may recognize this in the moments where you judge your reactions, question yourself, or feel pulled in two different directions at once.

This episode introduces the lens for the season: what happens when we stop dividing ourselves in this way and begin to relate to those pushed-aside parts with more awareness and compassion instead.

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Season 2 Trailer
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Season 2 Trailer

What if growth isn’t about becoming one thing, but about holding more of who you already are?

Season 2 of At the Edge of Light and Shadow explores the tensions we often try to resolve—and what happens when we learn to stay with them instead.

Listen to the trailer to step into this next season.

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Episode 8
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Episode 8

In this final episode of the season, I share a moment of panic that revealed just how my relationship with myself has changed. Through a somewhat small but emotionally charged experience, I explore…

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Episode 7
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Episode 7

In this episode, I share a seemingly ordinary moment that revealed something profound about my inner world—a flash of irritation that pointed not outward, but inward.

Through this story, we explore how our reactions to others can illuminate the parts of ourselves we’ve pushed into the shadows, both the strengths we’ve learned to hide and the impulses we’re afraid to see…

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Episode 6
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Episode 6

In this episode, I share a period of my life when intensity masqueraded as connection, and when being “seen” by others felt like nourishment...that is, until I learned it was actually activating an old wound…

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Episode 5
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Episode 5

In this episode, I trace a quiet thread that began in childhood—an early sense that something I’d been taught didn’t quite fit—and follow it through the moments of unraveling that reshaped my spiritual life. From an innocent question about fairness…

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Episode 4
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Episode 4

In this episode, I share a quiet but powerful moment from a recent trip to the desert—an unexpected encounter that arrived in the middle of my unfolding spiritual journey. What began as a simple morning…

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Episode 3
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Episode 3

A late-night phone call shatters “life as usual” and ushers in a raw season of shock, airports, hospital corridors, and a final goodbye…

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Episode 2
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Episode 2

In this episode, I'll share my long relationship with personality typology—and how it can be a lens for self-understanding, not an identity…

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Season 1 Trailer
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Season 1 Trailer

Season 1 is vulnerable, reflective, and real—a non-chronological memoir in episodes. Through pivotal stories, we explore presence, self-trust, and a multi-layered path to healing.

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Coming January 2026—

A podcast about waking up to the Self beneath old survival strategies, unconscious patterns, and the stories that have shaped who we’ve become.

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