Tag Archives: Self-Exploration

Our Body Hairs, Ourselves

2nd
Jun. × ’10
By Rachel R. White

I grew my arm put hair.  When I’d find myself alone in a rest room, I’d look in the mirror and lift my shirt see the fuzz, a shock of hair that felt luxuriously soft and foreign. Arm-pit hair serves an evolutionary purpose, so I have read, that is why we have it. It helps [...]

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Makeup Tutorial Reversed: Why Women Wear Makeup

13th
May. × ’10
By Rachel R. White

rabbit_write_08 (mp3 download 1.75mb) A make-up tutorial video done in reverse while I attempt to answer the question: why do women wear makeup? Overview: Why do women wear make-up? I wear and enjoy make-up. In one sense, it is a way to express yourself, your mood and your interior life. I love the whole transformation [...]

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Exploring the Secret Spaces in Childhood

30th
Apr. × ’10
By Rachel R. White

I sat on the couch, symmetrically, both feet on the floor and my eyes closed. The inside-world projected behind my eyelids was just as real as the couch beneath me, or the therapist facing me. In that space, I saw a younger version of myself. In the woods, she played a secret game of twisting [...]

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Anal Self Esteem + Pleasure

1st
Apr. × ’10
By Rachel R. White

My mother always told me, “Don’t have butt-sex. No, don’t ever do it!” she’d caution, arms flailing, playing her I’m-a-registered-nurse card. “That area was NOT made for that!” “Have you ever done it?” I would slyly inquire. To this, she’d give a huff and an almost believably-acted, “No!” At the time, I hadn’t done it [...]

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God=You

28th
Jan. × ’10
By Rachel R. White

Part 1 Part 2 I wanted to share this set of videos, because it is one of the most exciting conversations I have come across in awhile. I’ve not seen something so beautiful and thoughtful on the topic of atheism and de-conversion in, well, maybe ever. While other atheist memes are quick to point a [...]

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Potential Parenting

22nd
Jan. × ’10
By Rachel R. White

There is one meaningful question every person has to find an answer to: Would you keep the baby or not? It found it’s way into my living room last night. Ned and I sat on the couch after a successful budgeting discussion, and we realized we were coming up on our yearly decision. Last year, [...]

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Rabbit’s Guide to Therapy

8th
Dec. × ’09
By Rachel R. White

Here I have put together a resource on psychotherapy gathered from my own experiences and on the many articles and books I’ve read on the topic. The plan is to continue to add and edit as I discover more and as you share your own experiences and insights. Please use the comments or privately email [...]

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Exploring What Intimacy Means

12th
Nov. × ’09
By Rachel R. White

What feelings or images does the word intimacy evoke? Some research  has me at the drawing board, re-thinking what intimacy is, and what it means to me. Was your mental image of intimacy sexual? So often, as sexual beings, we equate intimacy with sex and it seems as a culture we see sex as the [...]

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You are Not Wrong: Clearing Self Attack

22nd
Oct. × ’09
By Rachel R. White

You are Not Wrong– this has become my mantra for the past week. So often as I go about my day, excessive worry, guilt or all-around feeling bad creeps in. I have a tendency to self-attack and over-worry, sadly I know I am not alone in this. However this is not our natural state, the [...]

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Stupid Girl

30th
Sep. × ’09
By Rachel R. White

Unless you were one of the few golden, good looking kids in middle school, you remember  the embarrassing thirst for popularity, the fantasy of being a small part of that spotlight. Ever since grade school I can remember a pressure to fit in, and even then I felt disconnected from others kids. Before the pre-teen emergency [...]

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