When Healing Feels Like Homework

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Somewhere along the way, “working on yourself” turned into a full-time job.

We’re told to glow up, heal faster, optimize our mornings, journal our feelings, track our habits, fix our attachment style, and still be chill about it. Growth is supposed to feel empowering, but instead it often feels like anxiety with a prettier font.

This session is for anyone who wants to grow and is tired of feeling like a personal project. For anyone whose self-care has turned into self-monitoring. For anyone who’s watched one too many “5 habits of successful people” videos and immediately felt behind.

Together, we’ll unpack how self-improvement culture, productivity guilt, and wellness trends sneak into our inner world and how ambition quietly turns into pressure, comparison, and never feeling “done.”

We’ll explore questions like:

• When does “be better” actually mean “not enough yet”?
• Why does rest feel like procrastination?
• Who decided what “your best” looks like anyway?
• How does anxiety cosplay as motivation?

This space isn’t anti-growth. It’s anti-burning-yourself-out-in-the-name-of-growth.

We’ll practice separating curiosity from self-criticism, ambition from urgency, and progress from perfection. We’ll make room for growth that doesn’t require constant optimization (and maybe even laugh a little at how ridiculous the pressure can be).

Come as you are: mid-spiral, mid-glow-up, mid-nap, or mid-existential crisis. You don’t have to fix yourself to be here. You’re already allowed in.

Who Am I?
Hi, I’m Jesse, a communications and advocacy professional passionate about building a safer, more just world. Originally from Austin and now living in Italy, I believe life is measured by the quality of our connections, and I’m excited to use this space to help people build community through openness and shared stories.

How Does it Work?
This is an open, guided discussion led by your Keeper, Jesse. Each participant will have the opportunity to listen to and share experiences on anxiety, well-being, emotions, and whatever else comes up during the session.

When and How Do We Meet?
We meet digitally every couple of weeks to make participation easy for those with demanding schedules. Cameras are optional, and you’re welcome to join from wherever you are, even between shifts. We only ask that you find a private place to join or use headphones to help maintain the security of everyone present.