Society v. Vulnerability: A Series
My heart weighs heavy as I begin writing this series. I wish I could say this journey of rediscovering vulnerability was freeing and rejuvenating. And I can, but only to a certain extent. This period of personal growth was messy, full of anxiety attacks and tears, and then a time of almost utter apathy. However,…
Daring Greatly: Rewiring Vulnerability
Control. An all or nothing kind of perfection. These dominated my life choices for the entirety of my childhood. And when I couldn’t control, I just pushed through, suppressing my feelings, being stricken with worry, and pondering the ambiguous “what-if.” If I’m being honest (since that’s the whole point of this series), I didn’t know…
The Sixteenth Second: Now What?
One, two… Oh God, oh God, oh God… nine, ten… okay, breathe, you totally deserve this, so go own it… fourteen, fifteen… wow, I did it… sixteen… huh, was that all? This post is inspired by Kyle Martin, class of 2019 valedictorian of his high school, who I came across in my dive into notable…
Daring, Greatly, Rewiring, and Vulnerability
Visible from the length of time it took for this final part of my series to be published, I struggled to choose a final topic to sum up my series. I actually wrote a full length article on grief, but in retrospect, it doesn’t seem to match my message although it is something I do…
As Written by Lois 