You don't owe anyone an explanation
In your writing, in your relationships, and on social, remember: inhabiting authority means explaining yourself only when you *want* to. (A "do as I say, not as I do" joint from your favorite agent.)
This newsletter is about cultivating yourself a little vegetable patch of self-worth amidst the screeching hellscape flames of 2020. It’s aimed at my fellow caretakers, perfectionists, and people-pleasers: aka those of us whose trauma response consists of shame, self-censure, and panicked certainty that one is About to Get in Trouble for something one h…