At 24, juggling a remote marketing gig and full-time dad duties here in Oslo, I see this playing out in the most mundane moments. My little one’s first breaths, the way I held him during those frantic early weeks, the rhythm of our days—it all feels like laying down tracks before the train even leaves the station. I started doing breathwork two years ago just to keep from drowning in postpartum fog and work stress. Now I teach a tiny weekly circle at the local community center, and every session feels like we’re gently sanding down those early grooves. It’s not about erasing the past. It’s about conscious re-patterning.

Carl Jung talked about how our earliest experiences form the bedrock of our personal archetypes, those deep psychological templates we carry around whether we notice them or not. In tarot, we’d call that energy The Fool stepping off the cliff—totally open, completely unguarded, absorbing everything the world throws at him. But here’s the thing: that first step doesn’t lock you into a single path. Epigenetics shows us the blueprint is editable. The cards remind us of this, too. Even when we pull something heavy like The Tower, there’s always the promise of The Star right after it. Healing isn’t about rewriting your origin story. It’s about learning to read the map differently.

I’d love to hear from you all. Have you noticed how the way you entered the world still shows up in your habits, your fears, or your breath? Let’s keep untangling this together. There’s no rush, and there’s definitely no wrong answer here.