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What does “after” actually look like?
I talked with Tia Levings about what it’s like to come out of a world that shaped you completely and what happens after you leave; not just the belief system, but the habits, the fears, the voice in your head that doesn’t feel like yours.
Her new book, I Belong to Me, is really about that part. Not just what happened to her, but how you put yourself back together after.
We talked about complicity. About how you can’t just blame the system forever. At some point you have to look at yourself and ask what you carried forward.
We talked about grief too. Not just what you lost, but what never got to happen, and what it takes to become someone you can live with.
LINKS
tialevings.com
substack.com/@tialevings
I Belong to Me on Bookshop
bookshop.org/a/99692/9781250374271
frankschaeffer.substack.com/p/tia-levings-on-i-belong-to-me-and?utm_source=youtube
What does “after” actually look like?
I talked with Tia Levings about what it’s like to come out of a world that shaped you completely and what happens after you leave; not just the belief system, but the habits, the fears, the voice in your head that doesn’t feel like yours.
Her new book, I Belong to Me, is really about that part. Not just what happened to her, but how you put yourself back together after.
We talked about complicity. About how you can’t just blame the system forever. At some point you have to look at yourself and ask what you carried forward.
We talked about grief too. Not just what you lost, but what never got to happen, and what it takes to become someone you can live with.
LINKS
tialevings.com
substack.com/@tialevings
I Belong to Me on Bookshop
bookshop.org/a/99692/9781250374271
frankschaeffer.substack.com/p/tia-levings-on-i-belong-to-me-and?utm_source=youtube
