“That’s gonna be a strike*” *it was not, but it was close. And my birthday was perfect.
“That’s gonna be a strike*” *it was not, but it was close. And my birthday was perfect.
“That’s gonna be a strike*” *it was not, but it was close. And my birthday was perfect.
“That’s gonna be a strike*” *it was not, but it was close. And my birthday was perfect.
“That’s gonna be a strike*” *it was not, but it was close. And my birthday was perfect.
“That’s gonna be a strike*” *it was not, but it was close. And my birthday was perfect.
“That’s gonna be a strike*” *it was not, but it was close. And my birthday was perfect.
“That’s gonna be a strike*” *it was not, but it was close. And my birthday was perfect.
“That’s gonna be a strike*” *it was not, but it was close. And my birthday was perfect.
Sophia Bush Instagram – I feel like last summer I had my very first birthday. My own. And last summer Maggie Smith’s words helped me begin to understand why. From afar, she helped me put myself back together.
She said: “How I picture it: We are all nesting dolls, carrying the earlier iterations of ourselves inside. We carry the past inside us. We take ourselves— all of our selves —wherever we go.
Inside forty-something me is the woman I was in my thirties, the woman I was in my twenties, the teenager I was, the child I was…
I still carry these versions of myself. It’s a kind of reincarnation without death: all these different lives we get to live in this one body, as ourselves.” — @maggiesmithpoet
This week I got to share my own words, that I wrote down from the bottom of my ever-evolving heart. When I uttered “I really love who I am, at this age, and in this moment” I sort of couldn’t believe it. It just fell out of me. Simple. But profound. I’ve always wanted to feel that in my bones. Suddenly I do. It took a long time and a lot of work to get here.
To any of who on your own journey, and to the countless number of you who’ve shared your hearts, kindness, hidden truths, and stunning responses to my essay … I see you. I do. We are all in this together. Walking each other home. Here is to the becoming ✨
This year leading up to my birthday, I decided to treat myself to something special, just for me. But instead of planning a trip or a special adventure out in the world, I decided to gift myself a journey inward. After my viral illness last year landed me in the hospital — the one that began with people trying convince me that it was “anxiety” or “all in my head due to stress” and ended in multiple diagnoses, and then kept me in doctors offices for three straight months — I knew I wanted to take more proactive control of my health. I’ve also learned how often women are ignored, demeaned, or straight up not treated because of medical bias that sees our pain not be taken seriously, and illnesses often left undiagnosed got longer, to our own detriment. And it’s even worse for women of color! Becoming aware of the data, being sobered by my own brush with illness, and then seeing my best friend from high school lose her little sister to colon cancer at 37, and a friend from work go through a double mastectomy at 42, I knew I wanted to know everything about my own body. And thanks to two of my best pals learning a ton about their health during their own fertility journey (shout out to @daddyhoodpodcast TY) I wound up connected to the amazing team @sollishealth. From the moment I walked into their beautiful offices and met their medical team, things felt different. Finally, I have everything under one roof — that also does emergency care! — and I’m being looked after by one team that oversees all additional referrals. From full labs that we took in the office, to an additional vial of blood (I didn’t pass out, please be proud) for a Galleri test to screen for 100 types of cancer, they made me feel so empowered & gave me snacks. They helped me find in-network specialists to keep battling my asthma, to keep up the necessary PT that helps me stay on top of some stunt injuries, and even helped me get one of those in depth @prenuvo scans that took over the internet last year. Spoiler alert: they really ARE that amazing [cont’d 👇]
This year leading up to my birthday, I decided to treat myself to something special, just for me. But instead of planning a trip or a special adventure out in the world, I decided to gift myself a journey inward. After my viral illness last year landed me in the hospital — the one that began with people trying convince me that it was “anxiety” or “all in my head due to stress” and ended in multiple diagnoses, and then kept me in doctors offices for three straight months — I knew I wanted to take more proactive control of my health. I’ve also learned how often women are ignored, demeaned, or straight up not treated because of medical bias that sees our pain not be taken seriously, and illnesses often left undiagnosed got longer, to our own detriment. And it’s even worse for women of color! Becoming aware of the data, being sobered by my own brush with illness, and then seeing my best friend from high school lose her little sister to colon cancer at 37, and a friend from work go through a double mastectomy at 42, I knew I wanted to know everything about my own body. And thanks to two of my best pals learning a ton about their health during their own fertility journey (shout out to @daddyhoodpodcast TY) I wound up connected to the amazing team @sollishealth. From the moment I walked into their beautiful offices and met their medical team, things felt different. Finally, I have everything under one roof — that also does emergency care! — and I’m being looked after by one team that oversees all additional referrals. From full labs that we took in the office, to an additional vial of blood (I didn’t pass out, please be proud) for a Galleri test to screen for 100 types of cancer, they made me feel so empowered & gave me snacks. They helped me find in-network specialists to keep battling my asthma, to keep up the necessary PT that helps me stay on top of some stunt injuries, and even helped me get one of those in depth @prenuvo scans that took over the internet last year. Spoiler alert: they really ARE that amazing [cont’d 👇]
This year leading up to my birthday, I decided to treat myself to something special, just for me. But instead of planning a trip or a special adventure out in the world, I decided to gift myself a journey inward. After my viral illness last year landed me in the hospital — the one that began with people trying convince me that it was “anxiety” or “all in my head due to stress” and ended in multiple diagnoses, and then kept me in doctors offices for three straight months — I knew I wanted to take more proactive control of my health. I’ve also learned how often women are ignored, demeaned, or straight up not treated because of medical bias that sees our pain not be taken seriously, and illnesses often left undiagnosed got longer, to our own detriment. And it’s even worse for women of color! Becoming aware of the data, being sobered by my own brush with illness, and then seeing my best friend from high school lose her little sister to colon cancer at 37, and a friend from work go through a double mastectomy at 42, I knew I wanted to know everything about my own body. And thanks to two of my best pals learning a ton about their health during their own fertility journey (shout out to @daddyhoodpodcast TY) I wound up connected to the amazing team @sollishealth. From the moment I walked into their beautiful offices and met their medical team, things felt different. Finally, I have everything under one roof — that also does emergency care! — and I’m being looked after by one team that oversees all additional referrals. From full labs that we took in the office, to an additional vial of blood (I didn’t pass out, please be proud) for a Galleri test to screen for 100 types of cancer, they made me feel so empowered & gave me snacks. They helped me find in-network specialists to keep battling my asthma, to keep up the necessary PT that helps me stay on top of some stunt injuries, and even helped me get one of those in depth @prenuvo scans that took over the internet last year. Spoiler alert: they really ARE that amazing [cont’d 👇]
This year leading up to my birthday, I decided to treat myself to something special, just for me. But instead of planning a trip or a special adventure out in the world, I decided to gift myself a journey inward. After my viral illness last year landed me in the hospital — the one that began with people trying convince me that it was “anxiety” or “all in my head due to stress” and ended in multiple diagnoses, and then kept me in doctors offices for three straight months — I knew I wanted to take more proactive control of my health. I’ve also learned how often women are ignored, demeaned, or straight up not treated because of medical bias that sees our pain not be taken seriously, and illnesses often left undiagnosed got longer, to our own detriment. And it’s even worse for women of color! Becoming aware of the data, being sobered by my own brush with illness, and then seeing my best friend from high school lose her little sister to colon cancer at 37, and a friend from work go through a double mastectomy at 42, I knew I wanted to know everything about my own body. And thanks to two of my best pals learning a ton about their health during their own fertility journey (shout out to @daddyhoodpodcast TY) I wound up connected to the amazing team @sollishealth. From the moment I walked into their beautiful offices and met their medical team, things felt different. Finally, I have everything under one roof — that also does emergency care! — and I’m being looked after by one team that oversees all additional referrals. From full labs that we took in the office, to an additional vial of blood (I didn’t pass out, please be proud) for a Galleri test to screen for 100 types of cancer, they made me feel so empowered & gave me snacks. They helped me find in-network specialists to keep battling my asthma, to keep up the necessary PT that helps me stay on top of some stunt injuries, and even helped me get one of those in depth @prenuvo scans that took over the internet last year. Spoiler alert: they really ARE that amazing [cont’d 👇]
This year leading up to my birthday, I decided to treat myself to something special, just for me. But instead of planning a trip or a special adventure out in the world, I decided to gift myself a journey inward. After my viral illness last year landed me in the hospital — the one that began with people trying convince me that it was “anxiety” or “all in my head due to stress” and ended in multiple diagnoses, and then kept me in doctors offices for three straight months — I knew I wanted to take more proactive control of my health. I’ve also learned how often women are ignored, demeaned, or straight up not treated because of medical bias that sees our pain not be taken seriously, and illnesses often left undiagnosed got longer, to our own detriment. And it’s even worse for women of color! Becoming aware of the data, being sobered by my own brush with illness, and then seeing my best friend from high school lose her little sister to colon cancer at 37, and a friend from work go through a double mastectomy at 42, I knew I wanted to know everything about my own body. And thanks to two of my best pals learning a ton about their health during their own fertility journey (shout out to @daddyhoodpodcast TY) I wound up connected to the amazing team @sollishealth. From the moment I walked into their beautiful offices and met their medical team, things felt different. Finally, I have everything under one roof — that also does emergency care! — and I’m being looked after by one team that oversees all additional referrals. From full labs that we took in the office, to an additional vial of blood (I didn’t pass out, please be proud) for a Galleri test to screen for 100 types of cancer, they made me feel so empowered & gave me snacks. They helped me find in-network specialists to keep battling my asthma, to keep up the necessary PT that helps me stay on top of some stunt injuries, and even helped me get one of those in depth @prenuvo scans that took over the internet last year. Spoiler alert: they really ARE that amazing [cont’d 👇]
Check that off the bucket list. Took my brudder bear @kennyjamez to @therollingstones for his birthday and it was an EPIC night ❤️🔥🔥❤️🔥 Yes I had full chills when #GimmeShelter started (guess which pic) wow @iamchanelhaynes and Mick Jagger did Merry Clayton PROUD.
Check that off the bucket list. Took my brudder bear @kennyjamez to @therollingstones for his birthday and it was an EPIC night ❤️🔥🔥❤️🔥 Yes I had full chills when #GimmeShelter started (guess which pic) wow @iamchanelhaynes and Mick Jagger did Merry Clayton PROUD.
Check that off the bucket list. Took my brudder bear @kennyjamez to @therollingstones for his birthday and it was an EPIC night ❤️🔥🔥❤️🔥 Yes I had full chills when #GimmeShelter started (guess which pic) wow @iamchanelhaynes and Mick Jagger did Merry Clayton PROUD.
Check that off the bucket list. Took my brudder bear @kennyjamez to @therollingstones for his birthday and it was an EPIC night ❤️🔥🔥❤️🔥 Yes I had full chills when #GimmeShelter started (guess which pic) wow @iamchanelhaynes and Mick Jagger did Merry Clayton PROUD.
Check that off the bucket list. Took my brudder bear @kennyjamez to @therollingstones for his birthday and it was an EPIC night ❤️🔥🔥❤️🔥 Yes I had full chills when #GimmeShelter started (guess which pic) wow @iamchanelhaynes and Mick Jagger did Merry Clayton PROUD.
Check that off the bucket list. Took my brudder bear @kennyjamez to @therollingstones for his birthday and it was an EPIC night ❤️🔥🔥❤️🔥 Yes I had full chills when #GimmeShelter started (guess which pic) wow @iamchanelhaynes and Mick Jagger did Merry Clayton PROUD.
Check that off the bucket list. Took my brudder bear @kennyjamez to @therollingstones for his birthday and it was an EPIC night ❤️🔥🔥❤️🔥 Yes I had full chills when #GimmeShelter started (guess which pic) wow @iamchanelhaynes and Mick Jagger did Merry Clayton PROUD.
Winning this morning’s backyard table tennis tournie in my (almost) birthday suit, on my birthday?! Talk about a Breakfast of Champions! 🏆 Thank you to my friends at @aerie for my gift, the beyond comfy Smoothez Demi Bra and my matching set for my match, set, point! 🏓#AeriePartner #AerieREAL
Sophia Bush Instagram – How wonderful to welcome @maryoliverofficial to Instagram. On the heels of our Audie Award winning audiobook, #WildAndPrecious, Mary Oliver’s estate is launching an official platform page for her work. It will be a tapestry of unpublished videos and photographs of her, and exciting updates on upcoming projects that will continue her legacy.
I’m honored to be a fan turned friend of those ensuring her work continues to help us all see clearer and breathe easier. She truly is a North Star for me, and so many of you. Let’s all be sure to support the estate in honoring her past, present, and future impact.
