the Self Study Papers
Welcome to the blog by the Duality Project. We're so glad you're here. Within these papers, you'll find stories, explorations of ideas, emotions, and learnings. Take what you need and leave the rest.
Hey!
When's the last time you felt like yourself?
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it means to fully trust and lean into who I am. Like quirks, perfectionism, chaos, and all!
How does that change my experience of this one and only life I'm sure I get to live?
What happens when...
Storytime with Ruby
I just got back from a spontaneous and life-changing trip to London to see my college bestie (and Taylor Swift!!!). We have another friend from college who is the photographer for Paramore (they opened for Taylor on the European leg of the Eras Tour). When he reached out to my...
Storytime with Ruby
I just moved across the country for the fourth time in my short 32 years. The difference this time is that there's no home to move in to. Jake and I have decided to spend the rest of this year with family and to take 2025 as an opportunity to travel. We have no plan. We have...
Storytime with Ruby
Wanna know a secret?
I have a mini-freakout every time I press send; on instagram, via email, for work.
Some days are easier than others, but I can feel my nervous system toggle into 'on'-mode the moment the piece goes out into the world.
What happens next? Will people...
Storytime with Kate
As Ruby said in last week's newsletter: Life really be life-in', dontcha think?
*you'll notice words highlighted in yellow below: they are some of the themes of the My Self Study Practice - they're highlighted like this to show you how they've show up in real time for me...
Storytime with Kate
the Self Study Program is a practice of becoming the person you've always needed.
That could actually be the end of the post!
I'll elaborate:
On an IG live the other day I shared this little nugget that...
Storytime with Ruby
When was the last time you did something for the first time?
I'll go first.
This weekend I skied for the very first time.
I took lessons in the morning, and honestly I was exhausted halfway through the lessons. By lunch I didn’t think I could handle taking a...
Storytime with Ruby
Hi there,
Is it just me, or has self help become unbearably boring?
Everywhere I turn it's "7 steps to turning your life around for good" and "75 hard your way to greatness" and literally every imaginable self-help equivalent of the 90's diet culture champion: "nothing tastes...
Storytime with Kate
For the past 60 days, Ruby and I have made 100 posts on instagram... each. It's a challenge created by Simone Seol called the Garbage Post Challenge.
Ruby and I both felt so burned out on posting on social media after selling our brick and mortar businesses in 2021 that...
Storytime with Kate
It's truly not something I ever imagined, but today I spent time on my high school campus and it was... fine. I was fine.
The place is beautiful, stunning, state of the art. I went to a state-of-the-art-school that of course I didn't appreciate at the time...
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Welcome to a heartfelt space where we explore, navigate, and delve deep into the subjects that matter the most to us. In this episode of The Self Study Podcast, Season 2, titled Full Circle Moments, we unwrap layers around a topic that, at one point or another, has grazed our life's journey: the...
Storytime with Kate
Hey there, I have a proposal:
LET FRIENDSHIPS BE FRIENDSHIPS AGAIN
Do you sometimes leave your interactions with your friends feelings kinda... Unfulfilled? Misunderstood? Unseen? Unheard?
Here's a big question for ya: What do you expect your friends to DO for you?
In other...
