Trauma-Informed, Unpolished & Unapologetic: Reflections from an Almost Social Worker
For the truths that outgrow the roles they were handed.
Rowan Hale
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My Imposter is Losing this Round
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≻: My Imposter is Losing this RoundWhat was the best compliment you’ve received? The best compliment I’ve ever received wasn’t a sentence — it was a…
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The Ways I Stay Human When Things Get Heavy
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≻: The Ways I Stay Human When Things Get HeavyWhat strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings? I don’t know if I’d call them strategies. Strategies feel…
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The Places I Drift Back Into Myself
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≻: The Places I Drift Back Into MyselfWhat activities do you lose yourself in? There are a few things I lose myself in, but not in the…
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The Echoes That Followed Me Home
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≻: The Echoes That Followed Me HomeEvery echo taught me something — even the ones I didn’t want to hear.What experiences in life helped you grow…
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The Voice Beneath it All
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≻: The Voice Beneath it AllI think I’m only just starting to understand what confidence actually is. The whole “fake it till you make it”…
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No More Margins
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≻: No More MarginsI’m still getting used to her — this version of me who feels like a quiet evolution, the one who’s…
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Where the Tide Keeps Calling
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≻: Where the Tide Keeps CallingThere’s a particular flavor of chaos that hits when I’m waiting for something I care about. I can feel it…
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The Becoming
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≻: The BecomingOn the private becoming I’m not ready to confess–and the guilt of keeping something to myself for once. There’s a…
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The Question Nobody Answers Honestly
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≻: The Question Nobody Answers HonestlyWhat is one question you hate to be asked? Explain. I hate being asked, “Are you okay?” Not because I…
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Future Autobiography?
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≻: Future Autobiography?You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence? I’m an almost social worker with a history that could’ve turned me…
