Belly Shaming to Belly Reclaiming
The ups and downs on my journey to belly love… Back when I was about 22. I was on the subway, coming home from an astrology class, sitting next to a fellow student that I didn’t know very well. She was a Leo, I believe, which is my opposite, as an Aquarius. She...“I’m fine.” And other crap I told myself and others. My story in a nutshell.
It took about 10 years to get a proper diagnosis and treatment of my disease. That’s because it is not taken seriously enough. It’s been around since Ancient Egypt and affects 1 in 10 women. There are records of women (and even a few men) having this life-eating...It’s not ‘all in your head’. Your pain is real.
The most common and unfortunate story I hear from my fellow endo warriors it is that they were dismissed by doctors when expressing the excruciating pain they were in. They were told that it’s ‘all in their head’, or ‘it’s just part of being a woman’. While, I...I don’t get my period anymore and I love it…
I don’t get my period anymore and I love it… That’s all I wanted to say. Just joking. But really, it’s heavenly. And no, I haven’t gone through natural menopause yet. I am on continuous, very low estrogen birth control. And, it works for me right now. For my body, and...It’s Ok to Sit This One Out. Choosing Your Battles..
For Type A’s, and those with chronic illness or mental health struggles: It’s ok to sit this one out. It’s ok to just walk away sometimes. We don’t have to be all out, all the time. We don’t have to fight every battle we are invited to. We don’t have to prove...ABOUT ME
Hi, I’m Serena. I am founder of Willowroot Healing Arts, where I help people find relief from pelvic pain and womb trauma and help ease transitions through pregnancy, post-partum and menopause. I am the lucky mother of an amazing daughter and partner to a wonderful man. I have endometriosis and adenomyosis (endo’s lovely cousin). My purpose with this blog is to share my experiences about living with and learning from this disease and how it has awakened my fierce passion for reclaiming my body, my power and shedding light on the dark side of being a woman in a female body in a patriarchal world. It is also an ongoing log of my mind-body healing journey from a holistic perspective.