Maria Kleine

Maria Kleine

We Need the Darkness: On Resilience and Slow Seasons

In life’s quieter, darker seasons, growth is still happening — just more slowly, more deeply. This essay explores how resilience, impermanence, and the wisdom of stillness can guide us through life’s foggier chapters and bring us closer to truth, clarity, and peace.

Emotional Eating: What I Learned from Using Food to Cope

For years, I used food to cope with emotions I didn’t know how to face. This isn’t about discipline—it’s about understanding. From shame and silence to curiosity and small shifts, here’s what emotional eating revealed. Includes practical steps and reflection.