Struggling to maintain your identity in a toxic space? Learn how your surroundings influence your energy and how to intentionally shift your environment.

The scent of your environment will always follow you. It’s a powerful metaphor for how the people and places we surround ourselves with actually cling to us, and if we want to change our own 'scent,' we have to look at where we’re spending our time.
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Criado por ex-alunos da Universidade de Columbia em San Francisco
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Criado por ex-alunos da Universidade de Columbia em San Francisco

Eli: You ever notice how you can walk into a room and just feel the energy shift? It’s like there’s an invisible trail we all leave behind.
Nia: It’s so true, Eli. I was thinking about this idea that the scent of your environment will always follow you. It’s such a powerful metaphor for how the people and places we surround ourselves with actually cling to us.
Eli: Right, it’s like that one comment I saw—if you leave a perfume bottle in a fish market, the perfume is still supposed to smell like itself, but we know it’s not that simple in reality. The environment seeps in.
Nia: Exactly. It’s about recognizing that weight without judging ourselves for it. If we want to change our own "scent," we have to look at where we’re spending our time.
Eli: So let’s dive into how we can start identifying those influences and making a gentle shift.