Episode 16

Dre: Loving Monsters and Having Fun

Published on: 6th July, 2023

In this episode Dre talks about his struggles with his body and mental health, and yet also his strong belief in the importance of happiness, playfulness, self-love, and poetry.

Content Warning for talk about self-harm, spiritual abuse, and a brief description of top surgery

This episodes was originally recorded March 1, 2023.

The next episode will release on July 20, 2023.

References:

"Cloud: Seeing Myself," episode 6 of this podcast. Dre is married to Cloud.

Sometimes a Wild God, poem by Tom Hirons

  • Written: https://tomhirons.com/poetry/sometimes-a-wild-god
  • Audio: https://youtu.be/F5lJnbB4woQ

my father moved through dooms of love, poem by e. e. cummings

Romans 8:22-24, Pauline groan passage

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Keep the Mess
Messy Conversations with Messy People
Conversations about dissociation and embodiment; how our experiences and identities shape our relationship with our bodies. Each episode shows how messy and beautiful it is to be human as we attempt to connect with ourselves and each other.

Episodes release every other Thursday.

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Eden Alexander M

a Christian, a missionary kid, a queer transman, a creator, a student and survivor of mental illness, an addict in recovery; someone who chafes at the constraints of such boxes and labels