Why Do I Feel Broken? A Norse Story About Being Too Sensitive
Why do I feel broken? In this Norse story, Jeremy Van Wert suggests that the feeling often comes from old threads of belief other people handed you, not from fate. Following Embla at the roots of the world tree, he shows how a heavy word like “broken” can be set down and rewritten as something kinder, one small stitch at a time.
Rebuilding Self Worth After a Painful Childhood, Through Fitness
Rebuilding self worth can begin with how you treat your body. That is the story of Linda Steele, a trainer and author who says lifting weights helped her see her life clearly after a childhood spent feeling unseen. In this conversation with Jeremy Van Wert, she explains how she faced childhood hurt, let toxic people go and learned to put herself first.
Menopause Identity Crisis: Finding Self-Worth After 50
A menopause identity crisis often arrives when the children leave, a marriage ends and a woman asks who she is now. Yvonne Posada, a yoga therapist and shaman, tells Jeremy Van Wert how she moved from "I'm not good enough" toward self-love, and what she says women over 50 can do: take care of themselves.