Avdeep Bahra

Thoughts???

Would you agree? Disagree?

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It’s not a coincidence that the work of Sara Hirsh Bordo showed up the same week I made this post.

Check out her research, Autoimmunity and the “Good Girls” and her key findings.
https://autoimmunesurvey.com

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I’ve always been a highly sensitive person and I think quite quirky and funny.

But masking who I am - was demanded of me by so many experiences in life; by….

➰Education system
➰Parents/culture/“mainstream” society
➰Immigrating from Kenya to Canada (and the culture here)
➰Getting married and the expected roles of a “wife and daughter in law”.
➰Becoming a mother who looked like she has her sh*t together, but really didn’t.

But one hits a point in life where masking just becomes less possible. For me it feels the call to un-mask becomes extra strong in perimenopause

Thoughts? Experiences?

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What have you had to let go of and grieve in order to allow in the new?

Here’s some things I hear people share and I can relate to as well

🔅Letting go of young adult children, and letting in their independence, one’s own freedom.

🔅Letting go of what one needed in a relationship/friendship, in order to allow new relationships or new ways of being in current ones.

🔅Letting go of what health was like years ago and allowing a new form of health and healthy living.

🔅Letting go of a career and what’s expected in North American culture, to allow in what’s more aligned.

What’s been your experience(s)?