The Archive
All Publications
Every story, every series, in order.
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The Observer Series: Becoming Self-Aware
Becoming Self-Aware Subtitle: What it means, what it looks like, and why the work always comes back to you Series: The Observer Series This piece is broken into five parts. First, a framework — seven dimensions of consciousness that take…
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Dear Diary, But Wiser: Hiding in Our Shadows
A friendship, a hidden secret, and the advice that backfired — on giving counsel that was really projection, and the fear of being seen we never fully outgrow.
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The Life Edit: There is no one way to love
Why the Relationship Model Is Evolving — And What That Means for You For as long as most of us can remember, the blueprint looked the same. Meet someone. Fall in love. Get serious. Get engaged. Get married. Have children.…
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Magnum Opus Chapter Five: My Father, My Fire
At 40, I finally had a word for what I’d spent a lifetime observing. This is the story of growing up in the shadow of a narcissistic father — the patterns, the manipulation, the karmic contract between us, and how…
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Dear Diary, But Wiser: The Truth Seeker
Some people call it intuition. Some call it pattern recognition. Some call it reading energy. I call it the one thing I’ve always known how to do — find the truth beneath what someone is saying, even when they don’t…
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The Life Edit: Everything They Didn’t Put in the Magazine
Narcissism doesn’t always look the way we expect. In this opening piece of an ongoing series, Doriana explores what narcissistic dynamics actually are, why so many people miss them, and why no one ever gave us the map we needed.
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The Life Edit: Nine Months Later, I Had No Plan. The Cycle Did.
Nine Months Later: I Had No Plan. The Cycle Did. Subtitle: A Nine-Month Follow-Up on Death, Rebirth and Starting Over in a New City When I first wrote about the nine-month cycle, I was looking back at a period of…
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Magnum Opus Chapter Four: What Nobody Tells You About Being an Empath
Nobody hands you a manual when you’re an empath. You figure it out slowly — through every relationship you absorbed, every person you tried to save, and every moment you gave away more than you had. Here’s what I know…

