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Kate Raphael's avatar

Loved this and needed to hear it. I'm currently in the process of recovering from a decade-long eating disorder. I felt so wrapped up in shame for so much of my life, so consumed with anger and not understanding at all the people I felt should have intervened on my behalf and didn't. I can say unequivocally that what offered me the most healing was community. I felt valid and held by other people who also struggle with eating disorders; working through challenges alongside them in treatment offered me the solidarity and strength to begin to address my deepest wounds. I am not fully recovered, but so much of the shame has dissipated through the process of connecting with other folks facing similar challenges. I feel that we are eating the bread together (at times quite literally). Letting go of shame this solstice and moving into the light.

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Clara Parkes's avatar

Would you believe that here in Maine, I **just** started a big fire in the fireplace and sat down in my comfy chair and opened up my laptop and checked email and here it is, an email from you confirming that I have indeed arrived at the fire. (Or maybe you just have a hidden camera in my house?) I love your family ritual. This year it all feels so much bigger. It's almost as if covid burned everything so far down to the ground that the landscape is truly wide open. It's scary, but exciting. But scary. Anyway, thank you for seeding my thoughts and for confirming the fire that is currently crackling next to me. Happy winter solstice to you!

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