Understanding Trauma and Why “Sucking It Up” No Longer Serves Us “If we could begin to see much illness itself not as a cruel twist of fate or some nefarious mystery but rather as an expected and therefore normal consequence of abnormal, unnatural circumstances, it would have revolutionary implications for how we approach everything...
“Pull it together. Suck it up. Why am I like this? What was I thinking? Do more. Stress less. Shake it off. Move on. If I can just get through this week, day, year… Fake it till you make it. Never let them see you sweat.” If you are anything like me and millions of...
It’s unavoidable. We all think about it. Maybe it happened when you first started noticing the streaks of silver sprouting amidst your darkly colored hair. Maybe it happened when you noticed a crease abreast your beautifully constructed face. Maybe it was the crackling bones that reminded you of the journeys and adventures forged in your...
