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The Torch and the Baton - Family legacy, trauma, and healing.
We don’t always choose the torches we carry or the batons we’re handed from our family, but we can choose how we protect their flame and how we run our race. When I think of generational legacy, trauma, and cycles, two analogies come to mind: the Olympic torch and a relay race. They are different in their own right; one requires speed and precision, while the other honors tradition and modernity in a moment where the world comes together as one. Genetically, we all carry cod
Carolina Bucker
Nov 54 min read


Factory Settings: Returning to Light and Love
When anxiety creeps in, it shows up in my body through rushing thoughts that go a million miles an hour and don’t seem to offer many answers, only questions and tasks that pile up like laundry in a locker room. Whenever I open the window to the world through social media, it not only intrudes upon my day as the perfect dopamine drip sneaks up on me, but it also does something far more pervasive; it shows me how powerless I am to the gamut of atrocities happening in the world.
Carolina Bucker
Oct 203 min read


Are You Choosing a Course — or Choosing Your Life?
In the fast-paced world we live in, it’s easy to get swept away by the flow of expectations. School, sports, extracurriculars, family...
Carolina Bucker
Apr 282 min read


Redefining Success: Why the Old Dream Doesn’t Fit the New World
We’ve all asked it. We’ve all been asked it. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Here’s why that’s the wrong question to ask.
Carolina Bucker
Mar 253 min read


Why “What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?” Is the Wrong Question
We’ve all asked it. We’ve all been asked it. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Here’s why that’s the wrong question to ask.
Carolina Bucker
Jan 232 min read
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