Actress and former Paralympian wants to inspire youth with disabilities through new TV show made in Regina
Allison Lang was born missing the lower half of her left leg and had a tough time growing up in Edmonton. In her early 20s, she decided to live her most authentic self. Lang was a model, a Paralympic athlete who won bronze in sitting volleyball in 2024, and is now an actor.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/kids-tv-series-disabilities-9.7175364?cmp=rss

Psychologists explain that the deep tiredness many people feel after 55 that sleep doesn't fix isn't physical fatigue — it's the accumulated weight of decades spent maintaining a self that was built for other people's approval
https://thevessel.io/j-a-p-psychologists-explain-that-the-deep-tiredness-many-people-feel-after-55-that-sleep-doesnt-fix-isnt-physical-fatigue-its-the-accumulated-weight-of-decades-spent-maintaining-a-self-that-was-built/

#AuthenticSelf #psychology #exhaustion

Psychologists explain that the deep tiredness many people feel after 55 that sleep doesn't fix isn't physical fatigue — it's the accumulated weight of decades spent maintaining a self that was built for other people's approval

The exhaustion that arrives after fifty-five and refuses to leave no matter how many hours you sleep may have nothing to do with your body at all — and everything to do with who you've been pretending to be.

The Vessel

I was vegan for ten years because I believed it. Then one day I noticed I was using it as armor.

The ethics were real. The performance around them wasn't.

When does a value become a performance of that value?

#yoga #veganlife #authenticself
#yogalife #wellnessculture #selfcompassion
#yogaidentity #mindfulliving #embodiedpractice

I was vegan for ten years because I believed it. Then one day I noticed I was using it as armor.

The ethics were real. The performance around them wasn't.

When does a value become a performance of that value?

#yoga #veganlife #authenticself
#yogalife #wellnessculture #selfcompassion
#yogaidentity #mindfulliving #embodiedpractice

WHOLEHEARTER LIFE 9/10 🌍
Fitting in is shape-shifting for approval. Belonging is showing up unchanged. Belonging requires authenticity, not performance.
#BelongingOverFittingIn #AuthenticSelf #TrueConnection