My Story
For a long time, I stayed busy on purpose. I worked two jobs, often cracking 70-hour weeks, because if I was productive enough, I didn’t have to sit with my thoughts. Any spare time went into the gym, staying “disciplined,” staying controlled. And when things slowed down, I used drinking to numb what I didn’t want to feel.
On the outside, I looked driven and high-functioning.
On the inside, I was overwhelmed, disconnected, and constantly running from myself.
My relationship with my body and food was messy — phases of under-eating followed by bingeing, over-exercising masked as “health,” and using control as a way to feel okay. My thoughts spiralled easily. I doubted myself constantly. I didn’t feel grounded in who I was or what I actually wanted - just focused on getting through the next day.
Eventually, I hit a point where staying busy wasn’t working anymore.
I realised I didn’t need more motivation, discipline, or productivity systems. I needed tools that helped me feel safe in my body. Tools that helped me slow down, notice what was actually happening inside me, and respond instead of react.
That’s when everything shifted
Through journaling, nervous system regulation, reflection, and mindset work, I started learning how to sit with myself instead of avoiding myself. Not perfectly. Not consistently at first. But honestly. And slowly, those small practices changed the way I moved through my life.
Reframed is the result of that process.
I created what I wish I had during those years; something grounding, supportive, and real. Journals that don’t ask you to fix yourself, hustle through healing, or perform growth. Tools that let you come back to yourself, again and again, without guilt.
This work isn’t about becoming someone new.
It’s about stripping back what was never yours to carry in the first place.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or like you’ve been coping more than living - you’re not broken. You’re human. And you don’t need to rush your way out of it.
You’re allowed to slow down.