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#391 🔸 Why you always give way and how to stop without feeling selfish

6 Aug 2026 3 minute read 0 comments luciman

  Grief after self-illusions, which I wrote about last time, leaves something valuable in its wake: a clearer sight. And one of the clearest and most painful things this clarity produces is recognising how much energy you have invested in being who y...

#368 🔸 How much of your life you live for yourself and how much for the image you manage for others

21 Jul 2026 3 minute read 0 comments luciman

  The courage to descend into one's own interior, which I wrote about last time, brings to the surface something many prefer not to name directly: the distance between who you truly are and who you try to appear to be. Not because you have bad intent...

#271 🔸 How you end up not recognising yourself after a few years in a relationship

17 May 2026 3 minute read 0 comments luciman

  Unexpressed needs, which I wrote about last time, often share a common root: at some point, you stopped asking yourself what you want, preoccupied with what the other person wants, expects, feels, needs. It is such a gradual process that you barely...

#121 🔸 Discovering the authentic self beyond the world’s expectations

3 Feb 2026 3 minute read 0 comments luciman

Beneath the surface of daily habits, another presence waits. When routines fade, something shifts. Not fitting in anymore, a different awareness stirs. Without the need to belong, edges blur. Who shows up then? Identity wavers once performance stops....