Archive - The Awen Lab

You Don’t Need More Intentions. You Need to Feel Your Desire.

We’ve been taught to manage love through intentions and checklists. But desire is the deeper current we’re afraid to feel. This is what happens when you…

Jun 13 •

May 2025

Awareness Hell: When Healing Becomes a Holding Pattern

"Wellness" promises freedom but leaves us circling the same patterns, more self-aware than ever and still not free. This is an invitation out of the…

May 23 •

What If You're Measuring Your Life Wrong?

We’re told to measure our lives in milestones. What if the real success metrics aren’t on your résumé but in the intangible stuff?

May 16 •

When AI Becomes Your Therapist: The Illusion of Healing in the Age of ChatGPT

ChatGPT may be the new therapist, but reflection isn’t the same as healing -- and intimacy was never meant to be airbrushed.

May 9 •

April 2025

Lost in Bangkok: How Steven Tyler Changed My Life

The following is an excerpt from my book-in-progress—a story from my Serenflipity journey about getting lost, finding unexpected guides, and the magic…

Apr 25 •

The Power of the Glitch

We’re so obsessed with getting it right — in business, in love, in branding — that we forget where the real magic happens: in the glitch.

Apr 18 •

A Poetic Intermission: What I Write When No One's Looking

In honor of National Poetry Month, I felt called (and slightly terrified) to share two unedited pieces from a poetic manuscript of 40 poems that I’ve…

Apr 11 •

What Wakes You At 4 AM

4 am is where the day hasn’t begun, and neither have I.

Apr 4 •

March 2025

Dancing with the Void: The Courage to Surrender When You've Tried Everything

There's that moment in free fall when it all slows, when gravity itself seems to hesitate, and for an instant, you feel weightless: suspended between…

Mar 28 •

Let Your Heartbreak Break You Open

I'm on my knees in the dim surf shack bedroom, face pressed against a lumpy, terracotta comforter that smells faintly of salt and damp.

Mar 21 •

What Embodying The Dominatrix Taught Me About Leadership, Authority, and Love

It was the kind of July heat that clings to your skin, pressing into you like a weight.

Mar 14 •

Follow the Chills: How I Learned to Trust My Body More Than My Brain

There’s a moment, just before a great idea lands, when the energy shifts.

Mar 7 •

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