THE WELL WITHIN EDIT

There is a quiet kind of struggling happening in girls right now that I don’t think the world fully understands. Sometimes the girls struggling the most are still getting good grades, answering texts, showing up to practice, smiling in photos, and insisting they’re “fine” while carrying more stress in their bodies than they were ever meant to hold. As a social worker, I have spent years watching what happens when girls learn to suppress what they’re carrying instead of proces