Many times, we experience painful things that others, even our loved ones, may not understand. It's important to find a balance between being close to others and taking care of ourselves. Love is not always fun, and it includes a range of emotions such as disappointment, frustration, and conflict. Love and life are vast and encompass all these feelings. Instead of avoiding or running away from them, we should make room for failure and pain. Making friends with failure and pain can lead to personal growth and deeper connections in relationships.
Chloe Cooper Jones knows how it feels to be complicit. The critically acclaimed author has moved through life with a rare disability that brings incredible physical pain and plenty of outward judgment. And she’s even guilty of judging herself. But now, she’s challenging our ideas of motherhood, disability and beauty in her memoir, Easy Beauty. In this episode, she talks about using art to step outside of your own mind, sitting with difficult experiences, embracing the messy contradictions of the human experience, and more!