A Note from the Trenches Writing this is an act of survival. Today, my "office" is a dark basement and a heavy heart, navigating a reality that feels designed to fragment me. Between spending six hours on hold with disability only to face disrespect, to filing motions because of missing child support, the "external" pressure is immense. Yet, even in this, there are victories—like finally securing a 504 for my son through the power of my own research and writing. In physics, t

Author: Samantha Visser The Skill of the Immaculate I’ve always known how to keep a house perfect. I learned from the best—my ex-husband and his mother were immaculate cleaners. I carry those skills with me to this day. But for a long time, I used those skills to manage the expectations of others. Today, as the CEO of Cosmos Somatics and someone navigating the realities of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), that skill has a new purpose: Protection. Creating the Sanctuary My be