Accepting that I live with chronic pain was not an easy place to get to. Experiencing dismissal from doctors who didn’t listen to my concerns, made it hard to even be in conversation with myself and how I was feeling in my body. Watching my mother struggle to be a mom, homemaker, provider all at once at the expense of her rest, well being, reflection made it all the harder to hear my needs. I watched her not realizing that it had made an impression. Not knowing that it made it almost impossible to imagine what rest would like for me.

Community is like a missing puzzle piece I have been searching for all my life. While we are capable of going through life alone, it feels so much sweeter with a supportive community by your side. We all deserve a space where you can hang up the baggage you’ve been carrying for a moment and sit with community. GoodBodyFeel is this place for me, and perhaps it is for you too. I know I deserve this space, and that you deserve it too.