In this installment of Unpolished, Christy explores the quiet, accumulated “micro-shames” that teach women to hide the parts of themselves labeled too loud, too messy, too fierce, too soft, too much, or not enough. Through the lens of authenticity, sobriety, and creative practice, she invites readers to begin reclaiming the pieces of themselves they were taught to minimize.
There are so many things I carried for a long time because I thought I had to. Ways of coping.Ways…
The messy middle isn’t the beginning.And it’s not the breakthrough. It’s what comes after you’ve done the obvious work.After you’ve…
We spend a lot of time waiting to feel ready.Ready to start. Ready to speak. Ready to trust ourselves again.…
“How are you?” “I’m fine.” It’s an automatic response. Efficient. Socially acceptable. A word that keeps things light and moving,…
There’s a space you land in when you get sober. Not the chaos.Not the glow. The quiet numbness. You’re no…
It happens every year. The stretch between Thanksgiving and New Year’s becomes one big permission slip to overindulge in pretty…
Gen X is now squarely planted in the Queen Age. That’s 50 million women who were born between 1965 and…
