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Good Grief. The Mother Wound, Part Six

In The Mother Wound, Part Six, Watershed Voice columnist Aundrea Sayrie writes, "Many mothers carried wounds no one ever helped them unpack. "Some were parenting while grieving. Some were surviving a dark reality while mothering. Some were trying to love from places within themselves that had never fully been loved gently either. "And while that does not erase the pain some children experienced, it does create room for something many people eventually wrestle with as adults: "The realization that their mothers were human long before they were 'mom.'"

Good Grief. The Mother Wound, Part Five

In The Mother Wound, Part Five, Watershed Voice columnist Aundrea Sayrie writes, "Eventually there comes a moment where a person has to decide, 'Do I carry this pain forever, or do I begin finding a way to free myself from it?' "Because forgiveness is not for the other person. It is for you. For your peace of mind. For your ability to move forward without carrying the same emotional burden forever."

Good Grief. The Mother Wound, Part Four

Watershed Voice columnist Aundrea Sayrie’s new series “Good Grief.” explores how loss lives in everyday lives, and its impact on mental health. In The Mother Wound, Part Four, Sayrie writes, "Sometimes the body carries what the mind learned to minimize" but "healing begins when we realize that the nervous system can learn new experiences too."

Good Grief. The Mother Wound, Part Three

Watershed Voice columnist Aundrea Sayrie’s new series “Good Grief.” explores how loss lives in everyday lives, and its impact on mental health. In The Mother Wound, Part Three, Sayrie writes that "children should not have to earn gentleness" because "they deserved it all along." And when they don't receive that care, it leads to self doubt and shame as they grow older.

Good Grief. The Mother Wound, Part Two

Watershed Voice columnist Aundrea Sayrie's new series "Good Grief." explores how loss lives in everyday lives, and its impact on mental health. In The Mother Wound, Part Two, Sayrie looks at the "absence you can't name," as some grief isn't about losing someone but rather "never fully having had them in the way you needed."

Aundrea Sayrie: Introducing Good Grief. Creating space for awareness, honesty, and repurposing pain

Watershed Voice columnist Aundrea Sayrie is introducing a new series exploring how loss lives in everyday lives, and its impact on mental health. This month she will examine the "mother wound," and how a month she once looked forward to feels different, forcing her to "confront the distance" between who she is and who she wants to be.

Sayrie: Sounding the alarm 

Watershed Voice’s Aundrea Sayrie writes, “Black History Month is celebratory of Black achievement and existence, yes, but it is equally meant to continually sound the alarm on discrimination, and a means of advocating for justice. Applied pressure on the neck of oppression and erasure, a vehicle to ensure the truth isn't lost in the footnotes of history.” You can listen to Aundrea perform this piece via the SoundCloud player at the top of the article.

Aundrea Sayrie: We cannot fail to do more to prevent school shootings

Watershed Voice columnist Aundrea Sayrie writes about credible threats to our community’s safety and the importance of addressing them correctly. "We cannot become numb to this."

Aundrea Sayrie: A word & a poem about Women’s History Month

Watershed Voice's Aundrea Sayrie kicks off Women's History Month with an original poem titled "To Every Woman."

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Dick Rowland and the Tulsa race massacre

Black History Month may be over but there's still plenty to learn and reflect upon, regardless of what month it is. Watershed Voice's Aundrea Sayrie tells the story of Dick Rowland and one of the worst incidents of racial violence in American history.

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