Finding Your Way Out of the Jungle
I think women who aren't afraid to stand up and tell their truth are like gospel missionaries. They pack up and head into these dark jungles of possible judgement and criticism. They unashamedly proclaim a kind of good news: the good news that you aren't the only one. Telling your story is sometimes the only power you feel you have. Telling your story creates a place where you can reflect, mourn, scream, and hurt. Telling your story gets the poison out. You aren't the only one who laid on your couch all week watching show after show wondering why you get stuck in the "am I enough?" mode. You aren't the only one who lost a child. You aren't the only one who has been unhappy in her marriage and really needs to find the strength to leave. You aren't the only one who sometimes feels perplexed with her body. You aren't the only one who wonders if she is a good enough mother. You aren't the only one who can...
