by Shane | Jul 27, 2026 | Field Notes
Another relationship has just ended. The same pattern showed up again, the one I thought I’d already done the work on. I loved her. That part was real. And somewhere in the middle of it, the old shape reasserted itself anyway, the pleasing, the trying to be...
by Shane | Jul 13, 2026 | Field Notes
The term gets thrown around a lot now, usually with candles in the photo and a caption about healing. I want to tell you what it actually is, because the real version has nothing to do with any of that, and it’s a lot more useful than the version you’ve...
by Shane | Jun 29, 2026 | Field Notes
There’s a particular kind of tired that comes from doing one more thing for a client who was never going to be satisfied no matter what you handed them. Not the good tired from a hard day’s work. The other kind. The kind where you’ve just delivered...
by Shane | Jun 15, 2026 | Field Notes
I was sitting on a bathroom floor in the dark. Alone. Somewhere in the middle of a plant medicine experience that had stripped away every story I’d ever told myself about who I was, and one thing wouldn’t let go of me. I wasn’t afraid of failing....
by Shane | Jun 1, 2026 | Field Notes
I’ve told the story before about the night I was given one of the highest honours my company handed out. Five thousand people in the room, my name called out, the whole place on its feet. I sat back down next to an empty chair, because the one person I wanted...
by Shane | May 18, 2026 | Field Notes
There were five thousand people in that room. I was being awarded one of the highest honours the company gave out, the first person in Australia to ever reach that level. My name got called, I walked up, and the room stood and cheered. I sat back down next to an empty...
