Permission Slips

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It All Gets To Belong by Jane Ratcliffe

The Body, Brain, and Books: Eleven Questions with writer, teacher, and somatics practitioner Johanna Franzel

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Full of Myself
Johanna Franzel Johanna Franzel

Full of Myself

One of the great gifts of getting older is when old distortions finally rub off to reveal the truth underneath: To live fully, you’ll need to fill up with what you are. This isn’t about perfectionism or comparison, just embrace. We could call it occupancy or embodiment, but I love full because it turns that old insult right on its head and reclaims it. It replaces a shouldn’t with a yes.

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