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A Year Ago, I Was Done... But Life Wasn’t Done With Me

The Night Everything Broke Open A year ago this month, I hit a wall that I truly believed I wouldn’t come back from. I had been fighting my body and my mind for so long (PMDD, medication side effects, exhaustion) that I reached a point where I couldn’t see a way forward. That night, I said goodbye in the only way I knew how. I thought I was protecting the people around me from my pain, not realizing that the act of sending my daughter my goodbye letter would be the thing that

Michele Kunasek

Nov 33 min read

Why People‑Pleasers Are So Tired (and How to Finally Feel Safe Saying No)

I thought keeping the peace was the noble thing to do. If I could stay agreeable, quiet, and helpful, I’d be safe. Maybe I’d be loved. But here’s the truth I never saw coming: All that peacekeeping just made me explosive. I’d swallow my needs, silence my truth, push down every single feeling and then lash out at the people I loved most… at the worst possible times. Not because I was angry at them. But because I was angry I kept disappearing for everyone else. People-pleasing

Michele Kunasek

Oct 274 min read

Beyond Sobriety: How Shadow Work Helped Me Understand Myself on a Deeper Level.

Sobriety changed my life. When I stopped drinking, I started to truly wake up...physically, mentally, and spiritually. The fog lifted, and I began to feel everything I’d spent years trying to numb. That alone was a massive freaking shift. Trust me! But even in my sobriety, I realized I was still carrying so much underneath. Emotions I didn’t know how to process, stories I didn’t know how to release, and patterns I didn’t yet understand. That’s when I discovered shadow work. A

Michele Kunasek

Oct 213 min read