Last month, we explored “The Courage to Feel”—the vital ability to stay present with our emotions rather than bypassing them. This month, I want to talk about what happens when we can’t access that courage—particularly for women who carry the invisible weight of medical trauma—and how that unprocessed trauma can quietly hijack our judgment in…
The Courage to Feel “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” — Joseph Campbell Two months ago, I wrote about love and joy being acts of defiance. Today, I want to talk about something that might seem contradictory but is actually the foundation of that defiance: the courage to feel everything….
I heard the phrase, love and joy are acts of defiance from an online teacher, and it has been echoing in my mind ever since. Maybe because I’m clinging to it in the face of the chaos in the world. Maybe because, deep down, I know it’s true. Love and joy are not passive states;…
Many years ago, I set out to find my next home, wearing a necklace to remind me that my true home was always within—my heart, my body, and my soul. But feeling at home in my body didn’t come easily. I had to heal from emotional trauma, chronic sinus infections, and an autoimmune condition. It took…
What do you know about medical trauma? Over the years, I’ve noticed a growing pattern among the people I work with: stories of mishandling, mistreatment, or dismissal from the medical community. And I am not the only one observing it. The young man who shot a United Health Care executive wrote a whole manifesto about…
