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To the One Who’s Still Willing to Feel in a Country That Keeps Choosing Force

This weekend, war was chosen again—with devastating ease. In moments like this, many of us feel the pull to harden, to turn off the news, to numb out. But what if the most courageous act we can offer isn’t disconnection—it’s presence?

In this raw and timely letter, intuitive coach and writer Tonyalynne Wildhaber explores how emotional resilience, grief literacy, and revolutionary tenderness offer us a path forward when force and domination are once again chosen on the world stage. What if our culture’s obsession with control is really a fear of intimacy? What if war is a symptom of our refusal to stay with what hurts?

This letter is a call to root before we rise. It is a reckoning, a prayer, and a reminder that real power comes not from numbness—but from staying soft when the world tries to harden us.

Read the full letter: To the One Who’s Still Willing to Feel in a Country That Chooses Force

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To the One Who has a Complicated Relationship to Their Father

Some relationships aren’t clean. They’re layered, nuanced, and hard to define. Especially when it comes to fathers. Whether your father was emotionally unavailable, physically absent, or simply unable to meet you with tenderness—this letter is for you. It names the ache. It holds the grief. And it reminds you: your worth was never determined by what he could or could not offer. Read the full letter: To the One Who Has a Complicated Relationship to Their Father

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