Épisodes

  • When Clout Becomes a Cage: Projection, Power, and Refusal

    When Clout Becomes a Cage: Projection, Power, and Refusal
    Aug 1 2025
    In this unfiltered solo reflection, Joi Sun revisits the surreal and uncomfortable moments of being projected onto—whether by celebrity culture, workplace dynamics, or the weight of expectation. She shares the story of dating the son of a globally famous figure, and how his inherited clout twisted perceptions, both from him and others. From working in doctor’s offices where patients treated her like an object, to the realization that some people only validate others through proximity to fame, this episode dives into the distortion field of projection—and the radical choice to step out of it.
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    3 min
  • The Cost of Clout: On Projection, Power, and the People Who Watch You Work

    The Cost of Clout: On Projection, Power, and the People Who Watch You Work
    Aug 1 2025
    In this episode, I reflect on the invisible toll of being perceived before being known—especially when working in environments like medical offices or being near fame-adjacent power. I talk about what it meant to date the son of a globally known celebrity, and how people projected fantasies onto me, not realizing I was absorbing the weight of their assumptions. I share how most authority figures failed to intervene, and how I’ve learned not to be the buffer anymore—not for clout, not for comfort, not for anyone. This episode is about energetic protection, the loneliness of being watched instead of met, and the dignity of no longer playing roles you didn’t audition for.
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    5 min
  • When Being the Medicine Burns You Up: A Dispatch from the Resonant Edge

    When Being the Medicine Burns You Up: A Dispatch from the Resonant Edge
    Jul 30 2025
    In this episode, Joi Sun speaks from the resonant edge—where neurodivergent intuition meets trauma-born empathy. This is a love letter to those who unknowingly became medicine for others, not by effort, but by presence. But what happens when that presence is drawn on too long, too hard, too often—until burnout arrives like a quiet implosion? Joi explores the cycle of offering, depletion, retreat, and rebirth… and what it means to no longer pour light into unready hands.
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    2 min
  • The Spell of Reverent Projection: When Admiration Becomes Myth-Making

    The Spell of Reverent Projection: When Admiration Becomes Myth-Making
    Jul 30 2025
    Why do we hand people our reverence before they’ve even earned our trust? In this episode, Joi Sun explores one of the oldest trauma responses hiding in plain sight: mythologizing others. From movie stars to mentors, ministers to romantic partners, we unpack how neurodivergence, early trauma, and a starving nervous system combine to build cathedrals around people who gave us breadcrumbs.
    We don’t just believe in them—we build a whole story that protects them, even from themselves. But what happens when we begin to see clearly? When we realize the brilliance we projected was always part of us? This episode offers a tender but direct reflection on projection, power, and what happens when the myth breaks—and the mirror returns.
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    4 min
  • I Used to Need a Story. Now I Just Walk.

    I Used to Need a Story. Now I Just Walk.
    Jul 29 2025
    In this episode, Joi Sun reflects on a lifelong pattern many of us carry—being too engaging in order to feel safe, especially with strangers. She shares how, for years, she used charm, clever stories, and emotional intelligence to gently deflect unwanted attention without confrontation. But something has shifted. In this new chapter, she no longer performs openness. She walks with quiet certainty, trusting her own frequency to do the work. This is a story of unmasking, boundary magic, and the subtle ways we reclaim our own field.
    For anyone who has spent a lifetime shaping themselves to be less “weird” or more likable—this one is for you.
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    4 min
  • Selective Signal Retention: When Forgetting Is Wisdom

    Selective Signal Retention: When Forgetting Is Wisdom
    Jul 29 2025
    Everyone talks about memory like it’s a virtue. But what if forgetting—strategic, sacred forgetting—is actually the next stage of human evolution? We’re not glitching. We’re streamlining. We’re not broken. We’re becoming more efficient with our frequency. Some things don’t stick because they don’t belong in the architecture of what we’re building. This is the age of Selective Signal Retention.
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    3 min
  • Don’t Touch Me: Why I No Longer Need a Diagnosis to Justify My Boundaries

    Don’t Touch Me: Why I No Longer Need a Diagnosis to Justify My Boundaries
    Jul 24 2025
    This episode is a clear line in the sand. Not wrapped in diagnosis. Not softened by apology. Joi Sun speaks the raw truth of what it means to reclaim ownership of her body, her boundaries, and her voice—especially in the presence of the very people who once taught her to ignore them. This is not a call for sympathy. It’s a declaration of self. If you’ve ever felt like you needed a reason to say no, this is for you.
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    4 min
  • The Snake Was Soft: What I See Now

    The Snake Was Soft: What I See Now
    Jul 24 2025
    In this raw and unfiltered audio essay, Joi Sun walks us through the emotional, political, and ancestral terrain of a morning walk that turned into a reckoning. From the quiet trauma of being surveilled in spaces once considered safe, to the hard truth of what group power often looks like, this piece is part grief ritual, part spell, and part invocation. With a snake skin in her hand and history on her back, Joi names what must be named—and honors the women who carried what others could not.
    This is not a call to comfort. It’s a witnessing. And a line in the sand.


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    5 min