Most of us were taught to equate our worth with productivity. That if we wanted safety, freedom, or respect — we had to earn it. That money was either the goal or the enemy. But what if value was more than a price tag? What if exchange could be sacred? Post-Capitalist

The world doesn’t work like a machine. It works like a forest. A coral reef. A compost pile. A lung. Everything alive follows patterns that are cyclical, relational, and emergent — not linear, isolated, or industrial. Living Systems Literacy is the practice of learning to see, think, and design like

Relationships aren’t just where we connect. They’re where we confront. Where we’re mirrored. Triggered. Softened. Broken open. Seen. Relational intelligence is the art of navigating this sacred terrain — with enough awareness to recognize when we’re protecting an old wound, and enough courage to grow beyond it.

You were not born to be managed. Not by algorithms. Not by hustle culture. Not by a system that profits from your disconnection. You were born with rhythm. With agency. With the capacity to choose how you move through life — even when the options feel limited. Sacred Sovereignty is the

Most people don’t suffer because they’re broken. They suffer because they’re caught in patterns they don’t yet see. Meta-awareness is the gift of being able to observe the system you're inside — to recognize your habits, stories, and reactions not as truth, but as signals.

Personal development isn’t linear. It’s layered. Cyclical. Sometimes chaotic. Often humbling. And yet — when you zoom out — a pattern begins to emerge. That pattern is the Spiral. What is Spiral Growth? Spiral Growth is the process of evolving through stages of consciousness — each one a response to life’

Welcome back to How to Be Alive. If you've landed here, you're likely in the middle of something — A shift. A threshold. A silent recognition that life as you knew it isn’t quite enough… and the old maps don’t seem to work like they