About Me?

I’d say I’ve got a disarming Chicago-style bluntness mixed with a pretty heaping dose of goofiness, an unquenchable curiosity, and a vulnerability that I’m less and less afraid to wear on my sleeve. (Which seems to have led me here to spill it all onto a website.)

 

When I embarked on a mid-life healing journey in 2021, I quickly found myself in the deep end of the pool...unraveling mysteries that poked above the surface as idiosyncrasies and annoying habits that could be traced back to survival mechanisms of a scared little girl that--upon being uncorked--would often bring me to my knees.

 

For every shitty realization or painful period on my journey, there appeared a nugget…or gift (as I’ve started thinking of them).

 

I’m not an expert in any of these topics I’ve written about on here, but each has played a role in supporting me. Some I’ve just barely skimmed the surface of, and I’m tantalized by how much there is left to learn about them and other “healing modalities,” as I call them.

 

And my dancing is surely a gift from my gypsy archetype that has carried me through it all. It can bring me joy, and it can give me a language to process emotions that I don’t otherwise know how to. 

 

I also encourage you to crank your favorite tunes, and let her rip.

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And if you want to share anything with me, please reach out tessbondavalli@gmail.com