I owe upwards of $200,000 across multiple credit cards, an auto loan, and my student loans! This is my greatest shame! I hide this fact! I avoid this fact! But, it’s always there lingering in the back of my mind and heavy in my heart: taunting me, shaming me, terrifying me. I’ve been following along […]
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This is a bit of a side story, and doesn’t really involve others shaming me, but the standards I put on myself, as a result of societal messages, led to a deeply rooted shame that I still carry with me. Just a heads up, this isn’t a happy story and alcoholism is at the center.
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Since getting pregnant with my son, over 15 years ago, I’ve danced with this idea of bringing light to the shaming of mothers. From pregnancy into motherhood, I was assaulted with constant unsolicited comments and “advice” from people, often feeling like no matter what decisions I made someone was there to shame me…thus, the title
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