If you spend about two seconds on social media these days, you may notice the pervasive story that everything is just fine, thank you.

The cheer squad of folks in the wellness world encouraging you to have

hashtag positive vibes only and to find gratitude and positivity at every turn.

Now don't get me wrong I love positivity and positive thinking, but unless we're being realistic and acknowledging and holding space for the pain and the hurt and the challenges of life, we're not being honest with ourselves or the world.

Have you ever heard yourself say, who am I to complain?

Have you ever held back from sharing the truth of your hurting because you're worried someone will tell you to find the bright side negating your sorrow?

I sure have. If this is resonating, my darling love, you're going to want to keep listening.

It's going to be a good one.

You're listening to Feminist Wellness, the only podcast that combines functional medicine, life coaching, and feminism

to teach smart women how to reclaim their power

and restore their health.

Here's your host, nurse practitioner,

functional medicine expert, herbalist, and life coach,

Victoria Albina.

Hello, my love. I hope this finds you doing so well. And if you're not doing well, that's

perfectly fine too. And it's today's topic. How perfectly perfect it is if you're not doing

well and how important it is to get real with that. In my own healing journey I've come to

recognize how often I used to pretend that everything was okay because it felt

so scary to get real about what was not working. It felt safer in my mind and my body,

my inner children felt safer when I was telling the story that I was fine.

Everything's fine with me.

Because I didn't want anyone to worry about me, to pay attention to me, because that

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