Skewed North by Jolene Dames

Skewed North by Jolene Dames

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There Will Be Feelings

Why learning to navigate your inner weather matters more than avoiding it

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Jolene Dames
Jan 29, 2026
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Most people treat feelings like something to avoid.

I don’t.

I treat them like weather.

I operate under a different assumption:

There will be feelings.

Not as a threat. Not as a flaw in the system. Just a…

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