Issue #21: I'm Back From My Writing Hiatus!
let's chat navigating the messier times in life & how trauma can sneak in when you least expect it
Hi friends, it’s been awhile, and let me tell you, I am so thrilled to be in your inbox today. So, here’s a little recap:
It's been a whirlwind of emotions these past few months and every facet of my life seems to have been thrown into disarray. My strange health issues reached a peak and living in Zurich has felt unbearable. I’ve delt with grief, frustration, pain, and oh so much emotional trauma. In staring at my keyboards for weeks [hey brain fog] I wanted to be able to nicely group it all into a box. Say this is what happened in an inspiring little summary. But it’s not group-able. Each moment has had its own stress and triggers and I’ve had to deal with them one at a time—and many are not fully sorted.
If you've been following my journey, you know that I've been using this newsletter as journal of some sort, unpacking many of these challenges one week at a time—discussing my health, the trials and tribulations of expat life, and the never ending existential questions many of us 30 something year old women have [ie. do I want children? where’s my career going? what’s this weird thing on my back? hey adult acne 👋] But as I delved deeper into one aspect in particular, I was greeted with my demons at my doorstep.
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