You are already Special.

You don't need to prove it.

Come, sit. For a moment, breathe. Life keeps us going through its daily drums of work, errands, routine, play - if we’re lucky. But for just a moment, let’s pause.

And remember how special you are – just as you are.

Our busy, distracted lives blind us from the subtle yet profound influence this world is having on us. The constant messages that we’re not enough – not doing enough, producing enough, trying enough, wealthy enough, pretty enough, thin enough, funny enough, sexy enough, special enough.

So pause with me for a moment. Pause long enough not just to reflect on how our companies are building empires on making us feel we’re not enough unless we buy their product or narrative. Pause long enough to consider the possibility that you are enough – lovable, likeable, desirable, worthy, ambitious, excellent successful – just as you are.

Without proving it to anyone. Without anyone’s validation. Without a position or salary or bank account or relationship to justify it. Do you even remember what it’s like to exist without constantly trying to prove, to yourself and others, that you’re special?

That’s what we’re here to do. To remind each other, and ourselves.

Some of these posts will be more academic, others more heartfelt. All are there to shed some light on all the ways our lives and institutions can blind us and made us forget. They’re meant to help you remember, to remind those around us, to make sure our children don’t forget - just how special we all are.