Sara Maitre

This trip to Morocco wasn’t only about being with family—though that was the heart of it. It was also tied to work we had been building slowly and intentionally together. Our business, The Argan Springs, is rooted in Morocco. It exists because of women-led cooperatives who produce argan oil through generations of knowledge, care, and community. Going to Morocco meant returning to family and  returning to the source of work deeply connected to our values. There was never a clean line between...

For a long time, the idea of a perfectly clean house  filled me with shame, anxiety, and pressure. I grew up in a household where cleanliness mattered. There were right ways to load the dishwasher, right ways to fix things, right ways to keep a home running. In many ways, that structure was healthy for my brain — but there was also an unspoken tension underneath it. At the time, I didn’t know I was neurodivergent. I just knew that keeping up felt hard. I loved organization, but my reality...

This blog explores my lived experience with Auditory Processing Disorder—what it feels like to navigate conversations, environments, and relationships when sound doesn’t filter easily. It’s a reflection on misunderstanding, late awareness, and learning how to design a life that works with my brain, not against it.