Conflict as Mutation

Conflict as Mutation

From I am OPTimist by Monika Bravo

March 24, 2026 · 12 min

About this episode

Monika Bravo explores the concept of conflict as a form of mutation, drawing on philosophical insights and personal experiences.

NOTE: I wrote part of this text as small posts that I shared in FOTT community, but I thought that it’s a universal thought process that I want to share with you as outer and inner conflict are one and the same. These days, I don’t feel like sharing that much. I’ve been in very slow-internal processes of decoding a bunch of projections that I didn’t know were my shadows hence decoupling from them has been extremely liberating. So when I saw the light, it was poof, like the brain emoji exploding 🤯 in slow-motion. It could be something as visceral as the terrible, impregnating smell coming out of my windows that mixes stench with vices and that I can’t control, or any other outside triggers that turn me off my line of equilibrium. Smell, like noise, has no boundaries. It is my biggest challenge, as I am learning to integrate this through somatic awareness to stop blaming myself and carrying the weight for the ways I previously failed to notice red flags or care for my own needs first. Thus, the article that I wanted to put out about digital privacy is still in the draft box and will be posted in due time. Instead I decided to share the text below. Conflict as Mutation I’ve written…

People in this episode

Host: Monika Bravo

Topics covered

  • conflict
  • mutation
  • self-awareness
  • Taoism
  • Human Design
  • philosophy

Keywords

  • conflict
  • mutation
  • self-awareness
  • Taoism
  • Heraclitus
  • Borges
  • philosophy

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