Kirsten JohansenSep 17, 20229 min readFarrah Fawcett Saved Your Life-Part ThreeIt is the spring of 2011. At the completion of your treatment for stage 3B anal cancer, your pain, burns, and opiate addiction are at...
Kirsten JohansenSep 7, 202212 min readFarrah Fawcett Saved Your Life-Part TwoIt is January of 2011. Six years earlier, you received a call from your mom. She tells you she has breast cancer. You both cry. It is...
Kirsten JohansenSep 2, 20228 min readFarrah Fawcett Saved Your Life-Part OneYou are enchanted with Farrah Fawcett. You watch Charlie’s Angels, sitting on the floor close to the TV. You appreciate the plucky,...
Kirsten JohansenAug 9, 202218 min readYour Food *Contains a candid discussion of disordered eating. Once you begin binging on food around the age of ten, using it as a drug to numb your...
Kirsten JohansenJun 18, 20225 min readYour BodyYour body is your first, best and last partner in this life. No one knows you better than your body. It is your closest friend, ally,...
Kirsten JohansenJun 8, 20224 min readYou are at the center of your lifeYou are at the center of your life. This sounds elemental. A given. It isn’t. You begin this way, but human existence quickly intervenes...