07/24/2026
I went back to school. š« š š„ļø
āToday Kendraā is showing up for ā9-yo Kendraā and all the people ā9-yo Kendraā felt called to help.
Little did I know nearly four decades ago exactly how huge that would turn out to be.
I plan to begin sharing what I learn on my Kendra Conquers socials and will be opening my schedule in the fall by invitation, but todayās reading hit me particularly hard and I didnāt want to wait to share it.
I feel it deeply because I experienced it personally and if find it so important to share because I think of so many of my friends and their children as I read it.
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āThe fact that hospitalizations and medical procedures routinely produced traumatic results comes as a surprise to many. The traumatic after effects from prolonged mobilization, hospitalizations, and especially surgeries are often long-lasting and severe. Even though a person may recognize that an operation is necessary, and despite the fact that they are unconscious as the surgeon cuts through the flesh, muscle, and bone, it still registers in the body is a life-threatening event. On the ācellular levelā the body perceives that it has sustained a wound serious enough to place it in immortal danger. Intellectually, we may believe in an operation, but on a primal level, our bodies do not. Where trauma is concerned, the perception of the instinctual nervous system carries more weight - much more. This biological fact is a primary reason why surgery will often produce a post-traumatic reaction.ā
Peter Levine
Waking the Tiger
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Iāve said it for 2.5 years now. . .
I woke up in a different body after having my gall bladder removed on Nov. 29, 2023. My body didnāt feel the same and my mind didnāt work the same. My nervous system was completely highjacked while I was under anesthesia and the surgery that was supposed to cure meā¦ made me more worse.
For so long, I felt so alone. Who could possibly understand this ļæ¼level of trauma from something soā¦.routine?
I do.
I created an album about it. In fact, my āinternment selfieā is one of my most-loved posts ever. I wrote it the day I wrote my eulogy. No one knew that.
You are not alone.
If your body says itās not normal, itās not.
And to my medical mommaāsā¦. I have more for you, but this was a lot on its own.
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