Trauma-Informed, Unpolished & Unapologetic: Reflections from an Almost Social Worker
For the truths that outgrow the roles they were handed.
authenticity
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Learning Myself Out Loud
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≻: Learning Myself Out LoudThere’s a particular intimacy in letting people see you while you’re still in motion. Not the finished version. Not the…
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Wondering & Wandering
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≻: Wondering & WanderingWhat topics do you like to discuss A brief map of the things my mind likes to explore. Honestly, it’s…
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Efficiently Expecting the Worst
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≻: Efficiently Expecting the WorstWhat makes you nervous? Pretty much everything makes me nervous because my brain loves to run simulations of every possible…
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The Work People Don’t See
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≻: The Work People Don’t SeeWhat’s something most people don’t understand? Most people don’t understand how much of someone’s growth happens in silence. They see…
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The Girl I Found My Way Back To
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≻: The Girl I Found My Way Back ToBefore everything collapsed, there was the boy I loved from tenth grade through the November after graduation. For what it…
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Breaking What Tried to Break Me
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≻: Breaking What Tried to Break MeThe deeper I get into this work, the more I feel the tension between the mother I’m becoming and the…
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Weather, But Make it A Mood
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≻: Weather, But Make it A MoodWhat is your favorite type of weather? (because the forecast really does depend on which version of me woke up…
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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…
