Part 36 of Martha’s Healing Journey
“The notion that our body is good and our own seems like a prerequisite to make the decision of taking on the enormous project of giving birth to another life. I guess it’s a real psychological thing. I don’t think I have ever remotely felt that my body is mine - that it is great and miraculous and all the things that female bodies are supposed to be. I have always been told that my body is twisted and crooked and messed up. Seems like there is some piece in there that creates extreme body-image discouragement. They tell us from the beginning, as soon as we are diagnosed, often early in life. We never get a period of time to grow up and feel free in our bodies without feeling like we are wrong.”
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