Loved this essay so much. I was a fitness instructor in my mid twenties during the worst bout of my drinking. “There’s no way I have a drinking problem!! I teach Zumba!!” Cringe. We didn’t call it wellness back then and we didn’t have the word *orthorexia* yet, but that was 100% my scene.
Now, with nearly 8 years of sobriety, “wellness” means sleep, exercise because I love it (not to be smaller), therapy, and countless other items in my tool belt.
Sending you love during your 8th month of pregnancy!
True words Sarah. Hard to see through the tourism sometimes. From an entirely different view but covering some of the same ground, here was my take on it a couple of months ago.
Sarah - congratulations on all of your accomplishments…this is the first I’m reading your work after seeing your prompt in the Isolation Journals this morning.
I know that NY to LA move - I did it 40 years ago - and the dynamic you’re describing is as if you’re describing it from 4 decades ago.
The other thing I’d like to share is from the perspective of being the mom of 2 boys who are now in their 20’s. The insanity of comparison between mothers drove or inspired me, depending on one’s view, to design a workshop for Mom’s talking about this world.
These days the authenticity of the challenges of motherhood are all over the internet…and I hope it’s helpful for the wildness of that world. But getting a group of moms together - no matter how old our children are - to talk about the internal struggles, is a bit like the catharsis of a meeting. You can’t describe it - but if you know, you know.
The fear is always there - it comes with the territory. And you’ll have a whole new relationship to laundry!!!!! Wishing you a speedy delivery.
Loved this essay so much. I was a fitness instructor in my mid twenties during the worst bout of my drinking. “There’s no way I have a drinking problem!! I teach Zumba!!” Cringe. We didn’t call it wellness back then and we didn’t have the word *orthorexia* yet, but that was 100% my scene.
Now, with nearly 8 years of sobriety, “wellness” means sleep, exercise because I love it (not to be smaller), therapy, and countless other items in my tool belt.
Sending you love during your 8th month of pregnancy!
True words Sarah. Hard to see through the tourism sometimes. From an entirely different view but covering some of the same ground, here was my take on it a couple of months ago.
https://deerambeau.substack.com/p/there-are-no-shortcuts-to-spiritual
12-step skincare routines: we admitted we were powerless over marketing ploys?
Sarah - congratulations on all of your accomplishments…this is the first I’m reading your work after seeing your prompt in the Isolation Journals this morning.
I know that NY to LA move - I did it 40 years ago - and the dynamic you’re describing is as if you’re describing it from 4 decades ago.
The other thing I’d like to share is from the perspective of being the mom of 2 boys who are now in their 20’s. The insanity of comparison between mothers drove or inspired me, depending on one’s view, to design a workshop for Mom’s talking about this world.
These days the authenticity of the challenges of motherhood are all over the internet…and I hope it’s helpful for the wildness of that world. But getting a group of moms together - no matter how old our children are - to talk about the internal struggles, is a bit like the catharsis of a meeting. You can’t describe it - but if you know, you know.
The fear is always there - it comes with the territory. And you’ll have a whole new relationship to laundry!!!!! Wishing you a speedy delivery.
Can’t wait to read more of your work!