HeyJaredThe Truth Today
After being diagnosed with three chronic illnesses, I spent years fighting my own body. This is where I write about what becomes possible when you finally stop.
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I Never Thought Betting on Myself Would Be Enough (opens the original)
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How Dare You Ask Me to Let Go Before I Know What’s Next? (opens the original)
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Everything feels messy right now. Jumbled in my brain. Not totally in a bad way if I am being honest with myself. Although it does also feel like parts of me are dying, which is about as fun as it sounds.For the last two years (maybe longer) I have been circling around this transition I felt was calling me somewhere new. Somewhere that doesn’t have a set definition. Somewhere that isn’t left of the center of my being but straight down the middle of it. Somewhere that allows me to stop avoiding t
The Desperate Need to Label Ourselves (opens the original)
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The Spiritual Practice of Absence (opens the original)
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The Very Last Time I Abandoned Myself to Be Close to a Man (opens the original)
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