I've spent years following stories about cult leaders. Documentaries, podcasts, books, and deep rabbit holes that my closest friends know well by now. It's not morbid curiosity that pulls me there; it's recognition.

On bypassing powerlessness, borrowed certainty, and the return to your own knowing

Something is moving through the collective right now that I have been sitting with for several weeks, watching it take shape not just with the women I speak with but in the broader cultural conversation and experience.