Rande Dorn Therapy Los Angeles

A helpful reminder to contextualize your physical experience while seeking relief. I will share that chronic issues that I had at some point accepted in my life while navigating a 6 day work week, 2 kids, and an unraveling marriage have disappeared or started to subside as I began to embody my emotions and welcome the changes this pandemic has afforded me. Especially as a woman and a mother, I was taught to accept some of these experiences as a part of aging, childbirth, or ...an accessory to parenting. I find now that some of this was the result of the suppression of my own voice, taking on more than I could handle, and trying to stay "good" enough that I wouldn't lose the life I had built for myself. I have lost a lot over the last couple of years. The last year and 1/2 has been especially difficult and this pandemic sucks. But, I'm honestly grateful for the quiet. I have been able to re-imagine my life again from a place of joy. I have been able to heal and honor my body in a new way, and accept that the life I had created was no longer meant for me. I now know that my body, my emotions had been telling me that truth in the most genius and uncomfortable ways. What a difference it made when I finally started to listen.

Short and lovely.

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"And every day, we have woken up and answered the emails and gotten on the Zoom calls. We’ve showed up with a smile, and put the pain and fear behind us. We’ve swallowed the rage while responding to our bosses, and offered the assistance and worked twice as hard for half as much because that’s all we know how to do." This hits home.

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Continuing the discussion of mental health in the black community.

Something to consider in love and friendship.

A therapist walks into a pole dancing class... Hey Everyone! Please feel free to share with anyone who may benefit from the discussion.