Nothin' But Fine: with Emily Trotter

Who Are You? | Season 4 Ep 7

Emily Trotter Season 4 Episode 8

God says you are beloved, chosen, known, and a saint. The world says none of that. The world says if you feel weird or sad you must be wrong inside. Get skinny. Plump up. Lift this. Erase that. Like boys. Like girls. Be a boy. Be a girl. My suspicion is that if you do all or some…at least one because we all have done something to be different, you still won’t fix what ails you. I’ve lost 55 pounds. I’ve had trainers and instructors. I want to grow my followers and subscribers and have hired coaches and managers. I have been to retreats and conferences and zooms. Guess what? I still feel fat and I am not famous.

I recently listened to a podcast episode of With the Perrys that talked about gender identity. Their guest pointed out that people just want to belong. Is that what our struggle is? To belong? To be seen? Do we just listen to the first group that does that? I think a lot of the time, yes. Because isn’t that what we want? To just be seen and known.

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