Posted by in Uncategorized Today I read that Donald Trump referred to the women who were trafficked by Epstein and other rich, powerful men like himself, as “victims or whatever…” And I was immediately drawn back to 10 years ago, when I heard a similar thing come out of my sister’s mouth, about this very blog, where I’ve written…Read more »
Posted by in abortion, body positive, body positivity, coaching, compassion, daughters, death, dying, fat-phobia, forgiveness, healing, healthateverysize, mean, mean girls, mothering, mothers, parenting, parents, sexual trauma, somatic, somatic coaching, trauma healing I am not strong. People tell me all the time that I am strong. Mostly, when people say this, they are referring to me in relationship to the things I have survived. But I have never understood the way we praise strength, especially when, what I know about strength, is that it’s simply what’s left…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Two days before I turn five, my mom is driving us home from school and my sister, Anya, is squeezing my hand in the back seat of the station wagon. “She’s not going to have these cute little hands anymore, when she turns five,” my sister laments to my mom. My mom laughs, looks at…Read more »
i am under-grounded 