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Cissy

@cissy.bsky.social
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studying the psychology of flourishing & agency || rewriting modern narratives moremyself.xyz || building a 21st century town square

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Cissy @cissy.bsky.social · 19/12/2023
It’s time to redefine modern day human flourishing, one essay and one project at a time.
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Cissy @cissy.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
my favorite weekly ritual is the Sunday wind down to wind up
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Cissy @cissy.bsky.social · 21/10/2023
on practicing embodying new identities with friends
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Cissy @cissy.bsky.social · 21/10/2023
on motion & experimentation
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Cissy @cissy.bsky.social · 21/10/2023
identity as a way of being, repeatedly
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Cissy @cissy.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
writing an essay be like
writing: Dunning–Kruger edition
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Cissy @cissy.bsky.social · 12/10/2023
grateful to the Chicago Marathon for a season that taught me how to run in solitude and alongside myself
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Cissy @cissy.bsky.social · 12/10/2023
along the way, I learned how to come alive in ways I'd never felt before, adopting a new identity that was previously incongruent with who I believed myself to be it gave me the courage to set in motion sweeping changes in my life that I hadn't had the confidence to pursue
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Cissy @cissy.bsky.social · 12/10/2023
I first started running marathons in 2018 as an attempt to escape my reality, choosing avoidance in the form of a marathon as I grappled with existential dread about my life and career
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Cissy @cissy.bsky.social · 12/10/2023
on Sunday, I crossed the finish line at my 3rd major marathon in Chicago, marking the halfway point on my 6 world majors tour today's essay reflects on running marathons as an act of avoidance, coming alive along the way, and learning to run towards myself moremyself.substack.com/p/chicago-2023
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Cissy @cissy.bsky.social · 02/10/2023
happy first of the month from the hard things crew! kicked off the morning with an intention setting & plunge into the Bay here’s to a month of depth & community ⚡️
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Cissy @cissy.bsky.social · 01/10/2023
diets as a vehicle for bringing us towards a freer, more self-reliant version of ourselves
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Cissy @cissy.bsky.social · 01/10/2023
junk content is the new junk food
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Cissy @cissy.bsky.social · 24/09/2023
one of the greatest gifts we can give ourselves is freeing ourself from the notion that seeking outside counsel will guide us to the answers we’re searching for
The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
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Cissy @cissy.bsky.social · 22/09/2023
a fun, unintended result of deepening my meditation practice is seeing consistent improvement in my HR & HRV during a 10-day meditation retreat: • resting HR: 48-53bpm avg → low 40s • HRV: 60-80ms avg → 145ms one night my Oura ring now picks up my sits as naps from drop in HR willld
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Cissy @cissy.bsky.social · 19/07/2023
east coast summer ft. crawfish boil 🌽🥔
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Cissy @cissy.bsky.social · 30/06/2023
earlier this month, I kicked off my first ever sabbatical, something that’s felt out of bounds for me I’d long bought into the belief it was the organizations we belonged to & titles we held that brought us closer to fulfillment and made us most legible to others
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Cissy @cissy.bsky.social · 13/05/2023
Karl the Fog is out to play
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Cissy @cissy.bsky.social · 12/05/2023
went on a JOY RIDE with friends — officially hits theaters July 7th, go and enjoy the art & power of representation 🥰 @mtclai.bsky.social @wes.bsky.social @ryan.bsky.social
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Cissy @cissy.bsky.social · 11/05/2023
a little post run (blue) sky gazing
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Cissy @cissy.bsky.social · 22/01/2023
Bluesky Q1 member retreat
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Cissy @cissy.bsky.social · 20/01/2023
Clear eyes, Bluesky, can’t lose
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