Your Experience

You've tried to be the "good" girl all your life. Sacrifcing your needs for those around you. Starting with your parents and siblings, now for your own family. You married the "right" man, took the safe job or chose to stay home. Your body no longer feels like yours, maybe it never has. "No" hasn't been in your vocabulary, but "I'm sorry" is said constantly. Now you deal with constant fatigue, exhaustion, and lack of purpose. You hold a deep grief over the life you might have had. You dream of being someone else, or disappearing into a new world.

Your life hasn't been easy, you've had many challenges growing up. Never really feel like you belong. You have developed several new health conditions that keep you trapped inside, on the couch or in bed. Simple activites derail your day. No one believes you feel as bad as you do, because on your good days, you show up. You watch the world pass you by staring out the window. Your day if filled with new supplements, symptoms, side effects, internet searches. Doctors gaslight you. Appointments cause panic attacks. You dream of escape.

You've stepped away from your religion or culture and are no longer sure what you believe in. Your family stopped being interested in your life. Therapy has helped — you've begun to feel more grounded in the path you're on — yet something still feels missing. You find it difficult to imagine a future for yourself or to break free from the patterns that keep you feeling stuck. You dont' seem to fit in with the groups of people around you. One leg in one world, your other in another one. You are the bridge between worlds and each year is more exhausting.

You are a powerful, successful woman who has fought and powered through significant barriers in life. You are an over-acheiever. Ambitious to a fault. Struggle resting, constantly looking for new projects or careers to invest in. And while you know you are accomplished, intelligent, there is something missing. You don't feel joy in your life, no matter what you do. There is an emptiness where happiness should be. You see women glow with self-condience, knowing they are happy and content in their body. Yet this feels completely out of reach.

You aren’t alone. All of these scenarios have parts of me in them. I’ve taken my life back, and so can you.
We deserve more as women, so let’s do it.