EPISODE · May 19, 2026 · 14 MIN
What I Couldn't Unsee
from Soft Power Project · host Sherry Fang
The rage came up first. Then the grief. Then the shame for feeling either of those things, because no one had taught me what to do with them. I didn't have a name for what was happening, only that the water I'd been swimming in my whole life had suddenly become visible. Once I could see it, I couldn't unsee it. This episode is about that messy in-between time, when you start to see something the people closest to you aren't ready to see. There's a name for it. It's called an egregore. A pattern that stays alive because a group keeps feeding it energy, until it stops feeling like a system and just feels like common sense. If something is stirring in you right now that doesn't quite feel right, this is your permission to sit with it. What water are you starting to notice? TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - The fish that didn't know about water 1:30 - Naming the egregore 3:00 - When you start to see it 4:30 - The rage and the grief 6:30 - The validation I was carrying 9:00 - The friend who couldn't see 11:30 - The cost of seeing 13:00 - Permission to sit with it #SoftPowerProject #SoftPower #SelfDiscovery #Healing #WomenPodcast Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm5etbvm00a1i01sl6k6h99de/comments Youtube Instagram Would you like to share your life stories? Please fill out this form. See you there~
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The rage came up first. Then the grief. Then the shame for feeling either of those things, because no one had taught me what to do with them. I didn't have a name for what was happening, only that the water I'd been swimming in my whole life had suddenly become visible. Once I could see it, I couldn't unsee it. This episode is about that messy in-between time, when you start to see something the people closest to you aren't ready to see. There's a name for it. It's called an egregore. A pattern that stays alive because a group keeps feeding it energy, until it stops feeling like a system and just feels like common sense. If something is stirring in you right now that doesn't quite feel right, this is your permission to sit with it. What water are you starting to notice? TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - The fish that didn't know about water 1:30 - Naming the egregore 3:00 - When you start to see it 4:30 - The rage and the grief 6:30 - The validation I was carrying 9:00 - The friend who couldn't see 11:30 - The cost of seeing 13:00 - Permission to sit with it #SoftPowerProject #SoftPower #SelfDiscovery #Healing #WomenPodcast Leave a comment and share your thoughts: https://open.firstory.me/user/cm5etbvm00a1i01sl6k6h99de/comments Youtube Instagram Would you like to share your life stories? Please fill out this form. See you there~
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