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My entire life, starting at age 11, I’ve had uterine pain. It was often dismissed by doctors, especially my pediatrician (a man), as something I would “grow out of.” Birth control pills in my 20s helped at least make my periods regular, but the pain never went away. In 2017, I almost passed out from uterine pain at work. I was teaching and had to get myself to the school nurse. We were hosting field day for the kids as specialists, and I thought it was from being out in the s

My 40s have been crazy. I ended my 30s in the pandemic. I struggled navigating the pandemic alone. I mean, I had my cat, but I was alone. So, I struggled with the loneliness and the lack of human touch. Despite attending countless virtual Zumba jams, and teaching yoga and barre online, I struggled. I ate. I drank. I gained weight. I lost myself. Despite all of it, I never stopped teaching. I turned 40 in 2021, when we were still in the midst of the “are we masking, or not?” s