Show Notes
What if the biggest factor affecting your mental health isn’t what happens to you, but which container you’re paying attention to?
In this personal check-in from Mexico City, I reflect on the difference between the macro container - the collective world of politics, climate change, technology, uncertainty, and fear - and the micro container - your relationships, work, family, community, and daily life.
After losing my home in the Altadena fires and spending the last year rebuilding my life in a completely different way, I’ve been thinking a lot about how perspective, attention, and emotional frequency can shape the way we experience our circumstances.
In this episode, I talk about:
● The difference between the macro world and the micro world
● How social media can keep us trapped in fear and hopelessness
● Why losing my home changed my perspective on time and possibility
● What travel has taught me about identity and freedom
● How surfing and beach life have helped me regulate my nervous system
● Why survival mode became my default for most of my life
● The question I’m asking myself: which container is shaping my frequency?
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