Archive - signal versus self

Frasier vs the trauma economy

It started with a silly question. It unraveled everything that feels "off" about today's self-help influencers.

Jul 28 •

Stephanie K. Lee

June 2025

Who are you when nothing is demanded of you?

An existential dive into a day of "productivity withdrawal" AKA what happened when I stopped trying to be useful

Jun 8 •

Stephanie K. Lee

May 2025

The sunshine-and-rainbows lie of reinventing yourself

A modern “survival” guide to the inglorious death of who you thought you were.

May 14 •

Stephanie K. Lee

April 2025

It took 10 years to make this

The story I hid from the world. And what it took to reveal it.

Apr 22 •

Stephanie K. Lee

When success starts to erase you

This is what happens when your old identity becomes the thing you must escape.

Apr 20 •

Stephanie K. Lee

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