Lived & Learned

What life has taught me through experience.

Lived & Learned

May 19, 2026

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3 min read

What I Now Know About Healing

For a long time, I wrote about healing from the place I understood it at the time. I wrote about the realizations, the breakthroughs, the inner work, the painful patterns that had to be named before they could be changed.

Emily Maroutian

Lived & Learned

How Do You Deal with The Chaos of The World?

Apr 30, 2026

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2 min read

How Do You Deal with The Chaos of The World?

I have been asked this question many times before. As incidents of violence, war, or chaos flood the news stream, someone will usually send me a DM or an email with a question like this: How do you deal with the chaos of the world?

Emily Maroutian

Lived & Learned

What I Needed as a Child, I Built as an Adult

Apr 14, 2026

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5 min read

What I Needed as a Child, I Built as an Adult

For about two decades, I didn’t have the language or the understanding for what I was experiencing in my inner world. I struggled with depression, anxiety, and PTSD since I was an early teen. Those struggles shaped how I saw myself, how I moved through the world, and what I believed was possible for me.

Emily Maroutian

Lived & Learned

A Direct Connection: Why I'm Switching Focus

Apr 3, 2026

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2 min read

A Direct Connection: Why I'm Switching Focus

For years, I built my home on Instagram. I started there before I had the courage to share my own words. I was posting other people’s quotes until I finally trusted my voice, my own work enough to let it come through.

Emily Maroutian