She made me think… and she might make you pause, too

There are some seasons that shift in bold, obvious ways; lightning bolt moments, clean breaks, grand rebrands. But more often, we change in quiet places. In the stillness between decisions. In the long, slow exhale after holding everything together. In the soft mornings where we wake up and feel … different, somehow.

Issue 08 is an ode to that kind of becoming. The emotional unclenching. The subtle pivots and sacred pauses. The clarity that comes not from striving, but from listening. Shedding what no longer feels true. Returning to what does.

Truth be told, working on this issue has made me pause in ways I was never expecting. I hope it might do the same for you, too.

Nicole Fuge
Editor and Founder, Muse Paper