[Cold open - too busy to read it] There are five books behind everything we do, and I'm guessing you don't have time to read all five. That's fair. So this little show is the shortcut — one book per episode, the part that actually matters, in about five minutes. If somethin
[The one idea - it's structural] Picture Maria. Forty-four, kids who need her, parents who are starting to need her too, a job in the middle of it all. She's exhausted, and underneath the exhaustion is a quiet shame: everyone else seems to manage, so what's wrong with me?
[Why it matters - you can rebuild a structure] And that distinction changes everything, because you cannot fix a structure by trying harder to be a good person. Maria's already a good person — she's running on empty proving it. What you can do is rebuild the missing piece on purpose: th
[This week - one hand back] So here's one small thing for this week, since you're busy and big plans don't survive a busy week. Think of one person who's as stretched as you are — another parent, a coworker, a neighbor running on empty. And offer them one concrete han
[Outro - go read it if it landed] So that's Book One in five minutes: the load you're carrying alone isn't a sign you're weak — it's a sign the structure around you went missing, and structures can come back. If that landed somewhere real, the full case is in the book, when