The Unbound Letter — Issue 05: Don't Give Your Pain the Leading Role Becoming Unbound™ with Dr. Nakiba Starr The Unbound Letter A weekly letter for people doing the work Issue 05 Don't Give Your Pain the Leading Role Friend, This past week I caught myself waiting — waiting for answers, for clarity, for relief. I'd been working through some pain, and somewhere along the way I realized I'd quietly started believing that once it stopped, I could fully return to the goals I'd set for myself. To...
9 days ago • 5 min read
The Unbound Letter — Issue 04: You Don't Have to Wait Until December Becoming Unbound™ with Dr. Nakiba Starr The Unbound Letter A weekly letter for people doing the work Issue 04 You Don't Have to Wait Until December Friend, This week I recorded a Freedom Friday about something I've been sitting with: we tend to wait until the end of the year to reflect. December comes and we suddenly want to review everything — what worked, what didn't, who showed up, who didn't. But what if reflection isn't...
17 days ago • 6 min read
The Unbound Letter — Issue 03: You Don't Need to Be Steady to Start Becoming Unbound™ with Dr. Nakiba Starr The Unbound Letter A weekly letter for people doing the work Issue 03 You Don't Need to Be Steady to Start Friend, A few years ago I met a woman the world calls the Grandmother of Juneteenth. In our sorority, she is simply our Soror. I was on crutches that day. A cuboid fracture, a boot on my foot, every step a negotiation with pain. I stood next to a woman who had walked — literally,...
23 days ago • 5 min read
The Unbound Letter — Issue 02 Becoming Unbound™ with Dr. Nakiba Starr The Unbound Letter A weekly letter for people doing the work Issue 02 The Letter I Already Wrote Friend, Write the vision. Make it plain. "And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it." — Habakkuk 2:2, KJV That's what I keep coming back to this week. When I first moved to Japan in 2022, I was excited and ready. I didn't know what to expect, and I...
about 1 month ago • 7 min read
Friend, Welcome to the very first issue of The Unbound Letter. Every week I'll share a story, a lesson I'm learning, and a question to carry with you into the week ahead. I'm glad you're here. I tracked every day this week. And I still didn't feel like myself. And I showed up anyway. I want to tell you about the week I almost didn't count as a win — and what happened when I decided to count it anyway. Energy was low. Movement was partial. Protein was under. Fatigue showed up Monday and barely...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read