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Come Home to Your Feminine

By: redtentwomen February 8, 2021January 31, 2021

Faith, Femininity, Intentional Living, Monthly ThemesBalance, Bessel van der Kolk, female body, Femininity, Healing from trauma, Laura Wade Shirley, Pelvic Pain, Tami Lynn Kent1 Comment

Walking down the street in Portland, I was nervous, excited, and unsure about what to expect. Six weeks earlier, I had found the book Wild Feminine by Tami Lynn Kent. It had stopped me in my tracks and helped me to take the path less traveled. Now, I was in Portland waiting for my appointment…

Keeping Watch

By: redtentwomen February 17, 2020February 16, 2020

Faith, FemininityBirth Trauma, hysterectomy, Pelvic Floor Damage, Pelvic Floor Surgery, Pelvic Pain, Rachel Blackston, Recovery from Trauma6 Comments

“I don’t want to die,” I say with a mix of terror and fortitude, my voice quivering as I look into my counselor’s kind eyes. I am processing a consultation with a urogynecologist over a proposed reconstructive surgery intended to repair my prolapsed bladder and remove my uterus, the space that has nourished and held…

Betrayed By My Body

By: redtentwomen July 19, 2019July 18, 2019

FemininityFibromyalgia, Nicole Clifton, Pelvic Pain, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sexual Pain Disorder, Sexual Trauma, Vaginismus6 Comments

Since I was sixteen years old, I have felt betrayed by my body. Most of the battles I have fought with my body have been underneath my own skin. Potent diagnoses, mostly invisible to strangers, acquaintances, and loved ones alike.