This post explores the quiet, often unseen resilience behind every comeback—whether you’re in the ring or simply fighting to feel like yourself again. Drawing inspiration from women in combat sports, it unpacks what recovery really looks like: not just discipline, but identity, grace, and grit.
After careful consideration and tons of conversations with my community, I organized pain responses into six (6) umbrella categories: The Pleaser, The Cold Shoulder, The Pusher, The Constant Patcher, The Complainer, and The Resolver.
The IASP reframed the definition of pain in 2020. This definition expands the meaning of pain to include physical, emotional, and mental dimensions. How does this change our relationship with pain?
Thinking about quotes we use when talking about pain, inspired a deeper dive into how we think about pain -- the good and bad of it.