When Ambition Feels Like Self-Betrayal: High Achievers Who Grew Up in High Control Environments
For many high achievers, ambition was never just ambition, it was a survival strategy learned inside systems that made achievement the price of safety or belonging. This post explores what happens when that drive is examined through a somatic, narrative, and decolonial lens, and what healing can look like on the other side.
What to Do If You’ve Been Denied Gender-Affirming Care Because You Don’t Fit Into the Binary Gender Cis-Tem
If you’ve been denied gender-affirming care because your identity doesn’t fit the binary mold, you’re not alone—and you’re not the problem. Gender expansive, nonconforming, fluid, and nonbinary folks are often erased by systems that weren’t built for us. As a nonbinary therapist, I offer trauma-informed, affirming support that honors your full, embodied truth. You deserve care that sees all of you.
An interview with The Gender Doula, Eli Lawliet
"I thought, 'What can I build a foundation on?' and the only answer was transness. So I've been developing an animistic spirituality ever since that finds its roots in transness." - The Gender Doula