Courtney Christine Can Handle Bears

Writer profile #21 in my 30 day reading challenge

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Courtney Christine has lived through some rough times. She has faced bears literal and figurative and lived to tell the tale. Not only is she telling us the tale, but she is doing it in such as way as to encourage us to face the bears in our own lives.

Courtney isn’t giving rewarmed self-help love yourself advice. She’s sharing her own challenging journey and how she is muddling through and growing stronger all the way. She writes with grace towards herself and others.

Here are a few of her stories I especially appreciated:

The Weight of Tears and Other Heavy Things

Human beings are not islands, nor deserts. They need to have their heartbreaks named, confirmed, picked apart, drawn into; then felt, underscored, and delivered back to them in the clothes of empathy by other humans.

Courtney lived through a pretty intense year. When we are burdened with grief it can be hard to figure out how much and when to share with those around us. I appreciated Courtney’s honest appraisal of the…