Picture this

You used to know exactly who you were.

You felt BIG feelings about things other people said didnʻt deserve them. You gave more than you got. You protected things that nobody else thought were worth it.

And then, slowly, people told you that all of those things were wrong- that you were too loud, too weird, too much. 

So you got quieter. You took up less space. You buried, and even turned on, the parts of yourself that kept getting hurt.

Somewhere in the process, you lost track of the difference between the mask you put on to survive, and the face underneath it.  

The confusion is painful in a way that's hard to explain- things are fine, but thatʻs all they ever really are- just fine. It feels like youʻre only 80% there. The other 20%? Buried, turned on or forgotten. 

Until now. 

It's a long process reaching out to those long-buried versions of yourself- but it's worth it. 

We made the Emergent Hand Chain to help you on that journey by reminding you who you are every time you wear it.

Weʻve buried ourselves in the past too- so we created this piece to help you get home.

The parts of you that others couldn't handle were never the problem. The ones that felt too much, cared too openly, loved things other people didn't think were worth it.

They didn't go anywhere. They're waiting. And every day you don't reach back is another day the gap stays exactly where it is.

You don't have to have it figured out. You just have to start.

When you make yourself smaller to fit what the room seems to want, something quiet happens: people start relating to the edited version.

They like her, they're comfortable with her, they probably love her-- but they don't know YOU. Not as much as you'd like anyway.

The distance between who you are and who you present yourself to be doesn't just cost you — it costs the people who would have chosen the real you, if she'd ever shown up.

Having the desire to reconnect with yourself is essential- but you can support it even more with a visible cue Psychologist Peter Gollwitzer's research on visual cues found effects nearly double that of intention alone across 94 studies. When the cue is present, the commitment surfaces. The Emergent Hand Chain works on that principle: something small, dainty, and beautiful in your line of sight, making sure you don't forget who you are.

That girl you used to be is still in there- the one that felt too much, gave too freely, loved things other people didn't think were worth it.

But you've been siding with the world that shunned her for so long, it started to feel like she deserved it.

She didn't.

She was never too much. She was perfect, and she's been with you this whole time, waiting for the day you're ready to come back.

It's time. Keep yourself on track with something youʻll see every time you look down.