but it has changed my journey / life when it comes to pain. Working through chronic pain has become a mission for me to help my 1-1 clients with as well bc our systems still do not take this.

My husband watched me cry on the floor more days than I like to remember bc I could not find relief. I slept on the floor countless nights. I tried EVERYTHING, & the ONLY thing that helped me is DRY NEEDLING (not acupuncture) which insurance does NOT COVER & many will say is dangerous

Chronic pain is one of the hardest things to live w & I hope this convo opens up even more important talks around the failed system in America.

At the peak of my TT days I was going thru this, in the middle of an insane investigation w the BBC abt AF & only my closest loved ones knew abt both. So many of us r going thru things that RNT meant 4 public consumption & bc we dont share everything on here doesn’t mean sumthing big isn’t happenin

Millions of people watched me daily on SM and would have never know I had sleepless nights where I would be on the floor crying bc I was “sucking it up.”

My back bc of a slipped disc that occurred in a car accident when I was 19 that I was not at fault for - will never be the same again. Bc I was 19 & looked fine people did not take my injury seriously when it happened which meant in my 30s it got BAD.

Chronic pain doesn’t have a ✨LOOK.✨. It took me 2.5 years to find a way thru. I tried EVERYTHING & it was awful. Chiropractors made it WORSE. PT gave me exercises that did NOT help.

It is requiring the sale, which would mean it would get bought by more bullionaires in the US who will make even more owning it. This is a pressure cooker to force the creator to sell it. Thats it.

Just a little reminder for you Jeff Yas and his company Susquehanna International Group is one of the largest private owners on TikTok - he helped Trump win. If it goes to the Supreme Court, which it will these people will get a huge payout not to ban it from…you guessed it Yas

This is not about shaming anyone playing with this “art supplies,” but rather gently encouraging us to think about the intention behind it. 🫶🏼

In the end it is everyone’s individual choice whether or not to wear makeup, but I do want to remind all of you / us - we don’t NEED it, and bc we don’t need it, we then should be asking ourselves why do we want it?

The fact that we have made ALL young people feel like they need to cover up “imperfections” truly speaks to a huge metaphor, and as someone who was used to sell beauty I fully get why Pamela Anderson is rebelling in this way. It’s about taking back power that was stolen.

The wave of men’s beauty products is not an equal opportunity facilitator. It rather is pushing harmful beauty standards deeper into our already predatory capitalistic consumer based economy where we are just losing money.

I say this as someone who spent 10 years professionally as a model - makeup as art is so fun, but the industry has been designed to make us all feel even more insecure. This movement is vital for self esteem - especially as we see 10 year olds doing Sephora hauls.