Letting Yourself Fall Apart: Why Breaking Down Isn’t Failure

There comes a point where holding everything together stops working. In this post, I’m sharing what falling apart has actually looked like in my life, what those moments revealed, and how allowing myself to break open helped me understand my limits, my needs, and the rhythms of my own overwhelm in a way I couldn’t before.

Colby Carr 10/23/25 Colby Carr 10/23/25

Finding Your Rhythm Again: Small Steps to Realign After Chaos

Burnout doesn’t always hit like a storm, sometimes it’s the slow forgetting of yourself. Here’s how to find your rhythm again, reconnect with your intuition, and realign your life from the inside out.

Colby Carr 7/10/25 Colby Carr 7/10/25

What Do I Call Her?

A poetic reflection on grief, release, and the sacred process of becoming. “What Do I Call Her?” invites you to meet the shadow parts of yourself not with fear, but with reverence — and to recognize how far you’ve come in your journey back home to you.

Colby Carr 7/1/25 Colby Carr 7/1/25

5 Deep Shifts I Didn’t Expect: What Happens When You Quit a Job That’s Burning You Out

I didn’t know how much I was holding until I finally walked away.
After nine years in a high-stress job, these were the five deep and unexpected shifts that brought me back to myself physically, mentally, and spiritually.

Colby Carr 6/17/25 Colby Carr 6/17/25

What Are You Ready to Let Go Of?

Each June, I seem to let go of something big. Two years ago, it was my career. Last year, it was smoking. This year, I’m letting go of something even deeper, and I’m finally ready to speak it into the light.