Your partner is late. You're shaking inside but say "I'm fine." You know you "shouldn't" feel this way. By evening you're exhausted - condemning yourself, resenting them, feeling worse about both. This is what happens when you abandon yourself to keep someone close.

Stay present, live in the now, don’t look back - follow these claims, and you’ll enter eternal bliss. Countless self-help manuals, spiritual guides and new age commandments repeat the exact words, the holy grail of happiness. Is it really that simple, and what does it mean? And what if I told you that it’s NOT TRUE?

Self-abandonment doesn't always look like people-pleasing or lack of boundaries. Sometimes it wears the face of success — the entrepreneur who can endure anything, the professional who manages everything. This article explores the subtler, more socially rewarded patterns of self-abandonment that high achievers are least likely to recognise in themselves, and why the body is often the only thing honest enough to name them.

What happens in the moment you abandon yourself? This is the story of one such moment - and how recognising the pattern is where change begins.

What if not knowing is part of the answer? This post explores the courage it takes to stay present in uncertainty—and how meaning can emerge in the space after the question mark.

Letting go, a coveted human ability holds the promise of relief and happiness for many. Yet, it remains one of the most complex and misunderstood concepts in human behaviour. What does it truly mean to let go?