The Journal
If you've ever felt like you're performing a slightly adjusted version of yourself depending on the room, or ticked off everything you were supposed to want and still felt oddly empty, or lay awake at some ungodly hour wondering whether this is actually it, this is probably for you.
This is where I write about the things that don't get talked about enough. Not tips, not ten-step plans. Just honest writing about real life, drawn from the conversations that happen when people gather together and stop pretending to be fine.
You'll find pieces here about connection and belonging, about rest and purpose, about the moments that crack things open. Come as you are.
Collective Effervescence: Why Strangers Become Family at Festivals, Football Matches, and Everything In Between
A festival field.
A city full of Scotland fans.
A statue in a traffic cone.
Same thing happening in both places.
We're not built to fight. We're built to gather. Given half a chance, we default to warmth.