Thanks for sharing so openly Dana. I had a similar moment this week, when someone I like and respect wrote a comment (not about me) dismissing some of the type of work I do in the trauma field as 'not evidence-based'. It cuts deep when I feel judged, and I recognise the fear (actually terror) of getting into trouble that you name here, and that runs all the way back to childhood. I'm seeing this as a growth edge for myself at the moment. How to stand firm and clear in my own perspective, knowing others will not agree with me, and to allow that to be OK. How to hold both - being willing to hear the kernels of truth that may be in the other viewpoint, whilst also backing my own wisdom and experience. It's a steep learning curve, particularly in this online world.
I, for one, am deeply grateful for so-called 'alternative' health paradigms, without which I would not have regained my own health when western medicine had little to offer me.
Keep doing what you do, the world needs many voices.
Thanks so much for being here and for sharing that, Vicki. I’m sorry you felt a similar sting this week, but I love how you’ve framed it - a growth edge, yes! That truly sounds so right because I realize all too well that I’m going to keep coming up against this same external-meets-internal dynamic until I manage to shift something internally, which then, of course, shifts the external dynamic as well (at the very least, how I interface with it).
Truthfully, I’m finding it such a challenge right now to know how much to share online, what to say and not say, and how to stand strong in my perspective in an arena that feels so fraught with divisions and so full of non-listening. Part of me wants to just put it all out there, let the cards fall where they may. Part of me wonders whether that is just inviting an attack that won’t benefit anyone.
Someone whom I greatly admire and whose work I see as a model of integrity and courage is Africa Brooke. On her podcast, Beyond the Self (https://africabrooke.com/podcast), I personally felt very seen when I listened to her interview with Mark Groves (Ep. 31) because he’s in Canada and spoke to what I was experiencing there as well as online around the pandemic. I also changed my stance and perspective on some things when I listened to Ep. 24, "Why You Don’t Have to Speak Up on Every Social Issue." And she did a two-part interview on Holly Whitaker’s podcast, Quitted, where she spoke about quitting cancel culture. Basically, I devour everything she puts out in the world - so courageous, so powerful.
I’m tremendously grateful for your voice as well, Vicki. Thank you for being here in this space and for your writing and work in the world. I know you’re helping so many. ❤️
Thank you for everthing you share here Dana- that focus on a person rather than an ideology is so powerful. I find the same: that it makes space for compassion and I tell myself ‘they’re doing their best. I’m doing my best. We’re all doing our best.’
I also really relate to the feelings you describe of wanting to be liked and accepted by others. It’s so normal and understandable.
Love reading this- especially your words” I feel myself maturing in a way I didn’t expect.” Having a different lens that allows us “ to set righteousness and rebuttal aside.” Very powerful yet difficult- I think that is what makes maturity and integrity a combination of living life to the fullest. Each day is a blessing. I get irked of beating myself up for not following through on my intentions but reading your words makes me feel more human and allows me to give myself grace.
Thank you for bringing so much of your heart to your words this week, Dana. The older I get, the more convinced I am that we are all just our younger selves rolling around in our truest emotions. The ones we’ve been conditioned to put a lid on. The best work I’ve found for myself is to open the lid, peek in and let some of it pour out.
From the moment I found you here online, the first impression I got was “wow, she is so compassionate. And full of grace”. It’s your way, Dana. And you exude that here in this essay. I love how you walked yourself through seeing the individual, not the content or internet face of the person /people. The actual feelings of someone pushing and pulling them to put out the content/beliefs into the ethers. And you offer grace and understanding. A rarity in the big wide web.
Something tells me you’ll exude even more of that in this next decade. Happy (almost) birthday, dear friend. 🎈
So much appreciation and so many hearts to you, Allison. And that really rings true about our younger selves - love picturing you opening the lid and letting some of that out! Very grateful for your presence here and way of being in the world. ❤️
OK first—just thank you for writing ‘airy-fairy’ in your piece. I needed a giggle this morning. ☺️
So many wonderful points to dig into here that I’ll have to read it again a few times.
Our responses to attack—or what we perceive as an attack—are so old and instinctive. As you wrote, separating the “thing” from the person is so key. For myself, I have a long-sober friend who passionately attacks the concept of recovery in his Stack writing. Everything he writes about reeks of his own growth and recovery path but he despises the word and the ‘movement.’ I love this dude and I took it personally for quite some time until I didn’t. It wasn’t about me and I couldn’t find a way to make it about me. Poor me. 🙄
Labels can be so enigmatic—weapons in the hands of some—talismans in the hands of others. Wellness, recovery, fitness, spirituality, holistic, natural, organic. Weird how these words all by themselves piss some people off. 🤷🏻♂️
Like any other trend that becomes ‘industrialized’ there will be frauds, and the frauds color the whole thing.
Like politics, it’s difficult for many people to think critically about things and separate the things from the person. Nuance takes too much work. We’d rather fire the opinion cannon out across the bow of the SS Stupid and make our point loudly.
Carry on—you’re doing beautiful work for yourself and for many others. Not that you neeeeeed the validation so muuuccchhh. 😉❤️
Happy almost 50. Another of my buddies liked to say, “fifty isn’t the new anything—it’s just the top of the damn quick slide to 60.” And I would say to that “fuck you very much.”
Thanks so much for being here, Dee. I’m truly grateful for your presence, wisdom, and conversation.
You’re so right about labels. At the end of the day, they’re human constructions and way too easy to fight over - including when we’re not even talking about the same thing. Here’s to embracing nuance and paying close attention to intention and action (more so than words).
Dana, I may not comment much but I enjoy reading everything you write. I have long preferred holistic healing over western medicine. Unfortunately options are limited here in the U.S. and figuring in what insurance will cover is also a huge factor.
However, being able to read your guidance and that of other professional holistic healers is a blessing as I can incorporate your teachings into my daily life at least to the extent that I can take preventative measures with my health.
Keep writing. Keep sharing your expertise. Keep enjoying life! 50 is going to be great, I am getting close myself. I agree the 40s are amazing but life just keeps getting better. All the best.
Thanks so much, Matthew. And I hear you about insurance. Where I last practiced Chinese Medicine (in Nova Scotia before moving to Thailand), most of my patients had coverage for acupuncture through their private insurance plans (the free provincial plan doesn’t cover it, but many teachers and others get additional insurance through their employers). It makes such a difference so far as who can afford treatment.
I greatly appreciate your presence here, generous words, and encouragement. Hurray for 50! 😊
Even more so, Matthew and Dana! I know you have heard it all before but..even now...73 and still getting better in ways that I never even considered. Fun to be here sharing with you as we all traverse our processes in this wild dance. 💛
I think when it comes to integrity and alignment in any sphere of work - if we are actively doing decolonial work i.e taking a deep dive over years into our own internalised patriarchy, capitalism, ableism, white supremacy and heteronormativity then we will all be able to see if there are damaging aspects of toxicity and empire within our work.
Without this examination and work, we are all in danger of carrying the deeply toxic values of these systems of oppression ( that we have been swimming in since birth) into our practices.
As someone that has been a longtime consumer of wellness content - pre internet- I can see now how so much of it is informed by the above systems of oppression and is genuinely unhelpful.
Equally the alternative practitioners I visit have been invaluable to me in my life.
It is up to each of us to discern for ourselves whether own our practices and those of others are truly aligned and helpful.
And I find myself deeply intrigued by writers such as Sophie Strand ( on here as Make Me Good Soil) who take apart “wellness” from the perspective of those who cannot be cured.
She is not doing this as a trend - it’s an in depth intelligent response & has resonated with so many people struggling with long term illness.
I recommend reading some of her work - it’s inspirational.
Her new book -The Body is a Doorway is just out.
I am new to your work, and appreciate the honesty and vulnerability in your post.
Thanks for being here and sharing, Liz. I agree that there are many layers to consider and that ultimately we each need to discern what’s helpful and supportive for us (which can of course change over time and in different circumstances).
Dana, your worth is not measured by what others say or do. It’s measured by how far your journey into enlightenment has been. I don’t think anyone could not site a lot of evidence to show how far your inner journey has taken you. I have full confidence that the day after your 50th birthday, your curiosity and sojourn for truth and meaning will lead you in new directions to find hopefulness and treatment in order to continue giving to others. No amount of money or worth can measure that gift.
Oh, dear Dana! At 74, I can relate to the discomfort around aging. Thing is, I suspect if you keep to your path, you're going to find that each decade has its own gifts. Happy, happy birthday! I'm wishing you buckets of joy. xo
Ah feeling the tenderness! Lovely vulnerable post. I too get lambasted with the allopathic statistic based peer reviewed hammer from loved ones but I am living proof that the path I’m on has shifted things. Sending you waves of support from the Catskills!
Happy Birthday, Dana! And, yes, it's so depressing that there's a renewed attack on holistic medicine and wellness. They've both served me so well. Their critics are missing out, sadly.
Oh Dana. I can relate to so much you've written here. I felt (and still feel at times) these stings when I came out of the "spiritual closet," so to speak. It's hard to read words that go directly against what I know to be true in my body. It feels so offensive to have others bash my work (directly or indirectly). I've had people in my own comments section tell me I'm going to hell because of it. I've found that zooming in and seeing them as a single individual has been really helpful for me too, because I'm able to hold that compassion like you mentioned. I've had to stop responding, or if I do respond I make sure to take a breath first because I've gotten way too heated and said things I've regretted. It's been a learning curve for sure. Also remembering that what they say isn't a reflection of who I am. I keep showing up because I know it's been helpful for so many people, and if I can help just one person it's all worth it. I keep thinking that someday the Western world is going to catch up (maybe when I'm dead and gone) but if my work can even begin to get us there I'd be thrilled.
Your evening meditation reminded me of an episode of Grey's Anatomy I recently watched (I've been catching up on seasons I hadn't watched, my teenage years guilty pleasure 🤣) where one of the doctors was getting doxxed because of her work with women's health and her whole support system called each person on the list of those who had been harassing her with calls to tell them that she was keeping them in her prayers and hoping the best for them and their families. That was the image I saw when you described your meditation, and I think it's so beautiful. We're all just doing the best we can with the beliefs we're holding in the moment.
Thank you from my heart for being here and for the courageous, beautiful way you show up in the world, Kaitlyn. I actually think of you often when it comes to this very thing - especially one essay of yours (I’m guessing you know exactly which one) and how brave you were to hit publish.
I LOVED Grey’s Anatomy back when the original cast was there! Omg, I was (and still am) obsessed with Cristina Yang. I was also all about Derek Shepherd, but when I watch clips now, that obsession didn’t totally stand the test of time, ha.
Big gratitude to you, Kaitlyn. Here’s to doing the best we can with the beliefs we’re holding in the moment. ❤️
Thank you, Dana. I know exactly the essay you're talking about! That was a scary one, but the results were so unexpectedly beautiful.
I really miss the OG Grey's cast 😭 Yang was my FAVE. There's still a couple of the old cast members hanging on at the point of the series I'm in now (the doctor who got doxxed was Miranda Bailey (who I also love), but they're quickly withering away.
So much gratitude to you too, Dana. I'm grateful to be in this space with you and walking the uncomfortable journey alongside you!
Maybe I should tear myself away from Thai lakorns and start Grey’s from the beginning again... I lost interest after The Accident (worst moment in tv ever!) and still tear up when I hear the old songs. 😭
Very much looking forward to connecting in person when you get to Chiang Mai, Kaitlyn!
I wonder if Grey’s would feel boring after coming from lakorns 😂
The accident was most definitely the worst moment in tv. I still think about it way too often, to this day! I haven’t gone back to watch the old episodes from the beginning because I don’t want to experience it again.
And likewise!! I can’t wait to connect with you irl since getting to know you here.
Happy Birthday, Dana! My fifties were wonderful! You are young and doing amazing things. One of my book reviews contained this gem-“it was like being locked in a closet with a hysterical adolescent” my first novel! So mean. You are fine. Fuck the critics! Big love!❤️
Thank you, Molly! For a second, reading too fast, I thought you meant that being in your fifties was "like being locked in a closet with a hysterical adolescent." And I was like, yes - based on the lead-up I’m experiencing, that totally tracks. 😂 Seriously, though, so mean about your first novel. Fuck the critics. Big love to you! ❤️
A beautiful piece of therapy there, both for self and others who surely need it.
You are re-teaching knowledge, that our bodies have always instinctually known about health, but were intentionally and abusively stripped of many decades ago. The value and truth of what you are doing lies not only in the healing you have provided for yourself and others, but in each generation of humans who propagated and survived through millennia, because they lived holistically, by default in their daily lives.
You know what you know, and have seen what you've seen. That's all the truth that is needed.
Well done and happy birthday!
You've much left to do and there is plenty of time.
Thanks for sharing so openly Dana. I had a similar moment this week, when someone I like and respect wrote a comment (not about me) dismissing some of the type of work I do in the trauma field as 'not evidence-based'. It cuts deep when I feel judged, and I recognise the fear (actually terror) of getting into trouble that you name here, and that runs all the way back to childhood. I'm seeing this as a growth edge for myself at the moment. How to stand firm and clear in my own perspective, knowing others will not agree with me, and to allow that to be OK. How to hold both - being willing to hear the kernels of truth that may be in the other viewpoint, whilst also backing my own wisdom and experience. It's a steep learning curve, particularly in this online world.
I, for one, am deeply grateful for so-called 'alternative' health paradigms, without which I would not have regained my own health when western medicine had little to offer me.
Keep doing what you do, the world needs many voices.
Thanks so much for being here and for sharing that, Vicki. I’m sorry you felt a similar sting this week, but I love how you’ve framed it - a growth edge, yes! That truly sounds so right because I realize all too well that I’m going to keep coming up against this same external-meets-internal dynamic until I manage to shift something internally, which then, of course, shifts the external dynamic as well (at the very least, how I interface with it).
Truthfully, I’m finding it such a challenge right now to know how much to share online, what to say and not say, and how to stand strong in my perspective in an arena that feels so fraught with divisions and so full of non-listening. Part of me wants to just put it all out there, let the cards fall where they may. Part of me wonders whether that is just inviting an attack that won’t benefit anyone.
Someone whom I greatly admire and whose work I see as a model of integrity and courage is Africa Brooke. On her podcast, Beyond the Self (https://africabrooke.com/podcast), I personally felt very seen when I listened to her interview with Mark Groves (Ep. 31) because he’s in Canada and spoke to what I was experiencing there as well as online around the pandemic. I also changed my stance and perspective on some things when I listened to Ep. 24, "Why You Don’t Have to Speak Up on Every Social Issue." And she did a two-part interview on Holly Whitaker’s podcast, Quitted, where she spoke about quitting cancel culture. Basically, I devour everything she puts out in the world - so courageous, so powerful.
I’m tremendously grateful for your voice as well, Vicki. Thank you for being here in this space and for your writing and work in the world. I know you’re helping so many. ❤️
Thanks Dana. I haven't come across Africa Brooke, but am intrigued. I will make a note to check her out.
Thank you for everthing you share here Dana- that focus on a person rather than an ideology is so powerful. I find the same: that it makes space for compassion and I tell myself ‘they’re doing their best. I’m doing my best. We’re all doing our best.’
I also really relate to the feelings you describe of wanting to be liked and accepted by others. It’s so normal and understandable.
Thanks so much, Ellie. I greatly appreciate your presence here and beautiful work and writing in the world. ❤️
Fresh hot damn. What a generous offering to share all of this. You freaking go, Girl.
Thank you, Em! Buckets of hearts to you!
Love reading this- especially your words” I feel myself maturing in a way I didn’t expect.” Having a different lens that allows us “ to set righteousness and rebuttal aside.” Very powerful yet difficult- I think that is what makes maturity and integrity a combination of living life to the fullest. Each day is a blessing. I get irked of beating myself up for not following through on my intentions but reading your words makes me feel more human and allows me to give myself grace.
Happy early birthday!💐🤗
Thank you from my heart, Margaret. And yes - lots and lots and lots of grace, always. ❤️
Thank you for bringing so much of your heart to your words this week, Dana. The older I get, the more convinced I am that we are all just our younger selves rolling around in our truest emotions. The ones we’ve been conditioned to put a lid on. The best work I’ve found for myself is to open the lid, peek in and let some of it pour out.
From the moment I found you here online, the first impression I got was “wow, she is so compassionate. And full of grace”. It’s your way, Dana. And you exude that here in this essay. I love how you walked yourself through seeing the individual, not the content or internet face of the person /people. The actual feelings of someone pushing and pulling them to put out the content/beliefs into the ethers. And you offer grace and understanding. A rarity in the big wide web.
Something tells me you’ll exude even more of that in this next decade. Happy (almost) birthday, dear friend. 🎈
So much appreciation and so many hearts to you, Allison. And that really rings true about our younger selves - love picturing you opening the lid and letting some of that out! Very grateful for your presence here and way of being in the world. ❤️
OK first—just thank you for writing ‘airy-fairy’ in your piece. I needed a giggle this morning. ☺️
So many wonderful points to dig into here that I’ll have to read it again a few times.
Our responses to attack—or what we perceive as an attack—are so old and instinctive. As you wrote, separating the “thing” from the person is so key. For myself, I have a long-sober friend who passionately attacks the concept of recovery in his Stack writing. Everything he writes about reeks of his own growth and recovery path but he despises the word and the ‘movement.’ I love this dude and I took it personally for quite some time until I didn’t. It wasn’t about me and I couldn’t find a way to make it about me. Poor me. 🙄
Labels can be so enigmatic—weapons in the hands of some—talismans in the hands of others. Wellness, recovery, fitness, spirituality, holistic, natural, organic. Weird how these words all by themselves piss some people off. 🤷🏻♂️
Like any other trend that becomes ‘industrialized’ there will be frauds, and the frauds color the whole thing.
Like politics, it’s difficult for many people to think critically about things and separate the things from the person. Nuance takes too much work. We’d rather fire the opinion cannon out across the bow of the SS Stupid and make our point loudly.
Carry on—you’re doing beautiful work for yourself and for many others. Not that you neeeeeed the validation so muuuccchhh. 😉❤️
Happy almost 50. Another of my buddies liked to say, “fifty isn’t the new anything—it’s just the top of the damn quick slide to 60.” And I would say to that “fuck you very much.”
Thanks so much for being here, Dee. I’m truly grateful for your presence, wisdom, and conversation.
You’re so right about labels. At the end of the day, they’re human constructions and way too easy to fight over - including when we’re not even talking about the same thing. Here’s to embracing nuance and paying close attention to intention and action (more so than words).
Now, off to climb up that slide... 🥳❤️
“Nuance takes too much work.”
That sums up so much of what we are all up against these days. Thanks, Dee.
Dana, I may not comment much but I enjoy reading everything you write. I have long preferred holistic healing over western medicine. Unfortunately options are limited here in the U.S. and figuring in what insurance will cover is also a huge factor.
However, being able to read your guidance and that of other professional holistic healers is a blessing as I can incorporate your teachings into my daily life at least to the extent that I can take preventative measures with my health.
Keep writing. Keep sharing your expertise. Keep enjoying life! 50 is going to be great, I am getting close myself. I agree the 40s are amazing but life just keeps getting better. All the best.
Thanks so much, Matthew. And I hear you about insurance. Where I last practiced Chinese Medicine (in Nova Scotia before moving to Thailand), most of my patients had coverage for acupuncture through their private insurance plans (the free provincial plan doesn’t cover it, but many teachers and others get additional insurance through their employers). It makes such a difference so far as who can afford treatment.
I greatly appreciate your presence here, generous words, and encouragement. Hurray for 50! 😊
Even more so, Matthew and Dana! I know you have heard it all before but..even now...73 and still getting better in ways that I never even considered. Fun to be here sharing with you as we all traverse our processes in this wild dance. 💛
I think when it comes to integrity and alignment in any sphere of work - if we are actively doing decolonial work i.e taking a deep dive over years into our own internalised patriarchy, capitalism, ableism, white supremacy and heteronormativity then we will all be able to see if there are damaging aspects of toxicity and empire within our work.
Without this examination and work, we are all in danger of carrying the deeply toxic values of these systems of oppression ( that we have been swimming in since birth) into our practices.
As someone that has been a longtime consumer of wellness content - pre internet- I can see now how so much of it is informed by the above systems of oppression and is genuinely unhelpful.
Equally the alternative practitioners I visit have been invaluable to me in my life.
It is up to each of us to discern for ourselves whether own our practices and those of others are truly aligned and helpful.
And I find myself deeply intrigued by writers such as Sophie Strand ( on here as Make Me Good Soil) who take apart “wellness” from the perspective of those who cannot be cured.
She is not doing this as a trend - it’s an in depth intelligent response & has resonated with so many people struggling with long term illness.
I recommend reading some of her work - it’s inspirational.
Her new book -The Body is a Doorway is just out.
I am new to your work, and appreciate the honesty and vulnerability in your post.
Thanks for being here and sharing, Liz. I agree that there are many layers to consider and that ultimately we each need to discern what’s helpful and supportive for us (which can of course change over time and in different circumstances).
Dana, your worth is not measured by what others say or do. It’s measured by how far your journey into enlightenment has been. I don’t think anyone could not site a lot of evidence to show how far your inner journey has taken you. I have full confidence that the day after your 50th birthday, your curiosity and sojourn for truth and meaning will lead you in new directions to find hopefulness and treatment in order to continue giving to others. No amount of money or worth can measure that gift.
Thank you, Mom. Love you! ❤️
Oh, dear Dana! At 74, I can relate to the discomfort around aging. Thing is, I suspect if you keep to your path, you're going to find that each decade has its own gifts. Happy, happy birthday! I'm wishing you buckets of joy. xo
Thank you from my heart, Val. You’re a true inspiration in how you show up in the world and your writing. xo
Ah feeling the tenderness! Lovely vulnerable post. I too get lambasted with the allopathic statistic based peer reviewed hammer from loved ones but I am living proof that the path I’m on has shifted things. Sending you waves of support from the Catskills!
Thank you, Josh! And love that you’re following a path that works for you. Smiles from Chiang Mai. 😊
Love you too, Dana❤️
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Happy Birthday, Dana! And, yes, it's so depressing that there's a renewed attack on holistic medicine and wellness. They've both served me so well. Their critics are missing out, sadly.
Thank you, Diana. Lots of hearts and well wishes to you! ❤️
Oh Dana. I can relate to so much you've written here. I felt (and still feel at times) these stings when I came out of the "spiritual closet," so to speak. It's hard to read words that go directly against what I know to be true in my body. It feels so offensive to have others bash my work (directly or indirectly). I've had people in my own comments section tell me I'm going to hell because of it. I've found that zooming in and seeing them as a single individual has been really helpful for me too, because I'm able to hold that compassion like you mentioned. I've had to stop responding, or if I do respond I make sure to take a breath first because I've gotten way too heated and said things I've regretted. It's been a learning curve for sure. Also remembering that what they say isn't a reflection of who I am. I keep showing up because I know it's been helpful for so many people, and if I can help just one person it's all worth it. I keep thinking that someday the Western world is going to catch up (maybe when I'm dead and gone) but if my work can even begin to get us there I'd be thrilled.
Your evening meditation reminded me of an episode of Grey's Anatomy I recently watched (I've been catching up on seasons I hadn't watched, my teenage years guilty pleasure 🤣) where one of the doctors was getting doxxed because of her work with women's health and her whole support system called each person on the list of those who had been harassing her with calls to tell them that she was keeping them in her prayers and hoping the best for them and their families. That was the image I saw when you described your meditation, and I think it's so beautiful. We're all just doing the best we can with the beliefs we're holding in the moment.
Also, happy almost birthday!!!! 🎂🎉 I hope your 5th decade brings even more confidence, joy, and health ❤️
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Thank you from my heart for being here and for the courageous, beautiful way you show up in the world, Kaitlyn. I actually think of you often when it comes to this very thing - especially one essay of yours (I’m guessing you know exactly which one) and how brave you were to hit publish.
I LOVED Grey’s Anatomy back when the original cast was there! Omg, I was (and still am) obsessed with Cristina Yang. I was also all about Derek Shepherd, but when I watch clips now, that obsession didn’t totally stand the test of time, ha.
Big gratitude to you, Kaitlyn. Here’s to doing the best we can with the beliefs we’re holding in the moment. ❤️
Thank you, Dana. I know exactly the essay you're talking about! That was a scary one, but the results were so unexpectedly beautiful.
I really miss the OG Grey's cast 😭 Yang was my FAVE. There's still a couple of the old cast members hanging on at the point of the series I'm in now (the doctor who got doxxed was Miranda Bailey (who I also love), but they're quickly withering away.
So much gratitude to you too, Dana. I'm grateful to be in this space with you and walking the uncomfortable journey alongside you!
Maybe I should tear myself away from Thai lakorns and start Grey’s from the beginning again... I lost interest after The Accident (worst moment in tv ever!) and still tear up when I hear the old songs. 😭
Very much looking forward to connecting in person when you get to Chiang Mai, Kaitlyn!
I wonder if Grey’s would feel boring after coming from lakorns 😂
The accident was most definitely the worst moment in tv. I still think about it way too often, to this day! I haven’t gone back to watch the old episodes from the beginning because I don’t want to experience it again.
And likewise!! I can’t wait to connect with you irl since getting to know you here.
Happy Birthday, Dana! My fifties were wonderful! You are young and doing amazing things. One of my book reviews contained this gem-“it was like being locked in a closet with a hysterical adolescent” my first novel! So mean. You are fine. Fuck the critics! Big love!❤️
Thank you, Molly! For a second, reading too fast, I thought you meant that being in your fifties was "like being locked in a closet with a hysterical adolescent." And I was like, yes - based on the lead-up I’m experiencing, that totally tracks. 😂 Seriously, though, so mean about your first novel. Fuck the critics. Big love to you! ❤️
A beautiful piece of therapy there, both for self and others who surely need it.
You are re-teaching knowledge, that our bodies have always instinctually known about health, but were intentionally and abusively stripped of many decades ago. The value and truth of what you are doing lies not only in the healing you have provided for yourself and others, but in each generation of humans who propagated and survived through millennia, because they lived holistically, by default in their daily lives.
You know what you know, and have seen what you've seen. That's all the truth that is needed.
Well done and happy birthday!
You've much left to do and there is plenty of time.
Thank you for your beautiful, wise words. And so true - our bodies really do know. ❤️