learning to play in midlife
they say you can't play... so play!
My most recent rant about the spiritual ick invited many new folks into our prism community. Welcome, and I’m so very happy you are here! 💖 I’m also endlessly grateful for those of you who keep coming back. Whether you already know this about me or not, I wanted to start this week’s topic out with a key intersection of identity for context. I am:
an almost-50-year-old who has had a nearly-invisible, mysterious, chronic illness for over half my life
a queer woman who was socialized into compulsory heterosexuality and cisnormativity
(Click on any of the above to read more — perhaps you can relate?)
Last week in a therapy session, I was discussing how I’ve come to deeply trust myself emotionally and intellectually, but I don’t trust my body to be strong, capable, dependable, and resilient. My therapist suggested that building my capacity for both silliness and strength might help me feel more secure in many a…
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