Kimberly Burnham

'Just a few years ago, when I asked a neurologist if the brain and spinal cord could heal and regenerate, he said 'no' and in his world, maybe 20 years ago, that was true. Not particularly useful but in that time and space—true. The cool thing about today is a neurologist reading his or her own medical research literature is compelled to answer 'yes, under certain circumstances.'

It is easier for the brain to reach out for what it wants than to let go of what it doesn't want. Reach for your dreams.

People who feel better make better choices for themselves, their families and communities. Helping people feel better contributes to healing and world peace.

'It is a tricky cycle, be brave enough to be who you want to be in the world and you will attract the people who accept and love you for who you are, so you can feel more comfortable and able to be who you want to be in the world.' - Kimberly Burnham, author of Mistaken for a Man, A Story for Anyone Struggling to Feel Comfortable in Their Own Skin, Clothes, or Community

If you are as authentic as you can be in the world, you will find your tribe, the people who love and accept you. You will find those places, experiences, and situations where you can thrive. - Kimberly Burnham, author of Mistaken for a Man, A Story for Anyone Struggling to Feel Comfortable in Their Own Skin, Clothes, or Community

I could say, 'what woman has not wanted to lift up her shirt in response to being mistaken for a man, ' but realistically, I would undoubtedly be leaving some people out. - Kimberly Burnham, author of Mistaken For A Man, A Story for Anyone Struggling to be Comfortable in Their Own Skin, Clothes, and Community.

'The better we can see the better choices we can make about our response to the world around us.' - Kimberly Burnham, author of See Faster Vision Exercises for Basketball Players

Assumptions make life easier for our brains because we can relax as soon as we recognize the pattern. Our human propensity for assumptions also creates difficulties for others, through no fault of their own. In society we must balance between what is easy for our brains and what is easy for another person's heart. - Kimberly Burnham, Author of Mistaken for a Man, A Story for Anyone Struggling to Feel Comfortable in Their Own Skin, Clothes, and Community

Live fully, authentically, and let others live. - Kimberly Burnham, author of Mistaken for a Man, A Story for Anyone Struggling to Feel Comfortable in Their Own Skin, Clothes, or Community

Most of us would not blurt out an assumption about a woman we suspect is pregnant, but we think nothing of saying: 'Thank you sir' or 'How can I help you, sir' or block the door to a public restroom, when we don't know for certain the gender of the person we are talking to. - Kimberly Burnham, author of Mistaken for a Man, A Story for Anyone Struggling to Feel Comfortable in Their Own Skin, Clothes, or Community

People writing in a second or third language often have better, more vivid descriptions because when they don't know the name of a thing or the exact translation of the word they are searching their brain for they write a description as if they are thinking, " You know that woman who plays basketball for Iowa, who is breaking all the shooting records, whose team is on fire." Or " You know those flowers that are yellow and shaped like a baby bird's open beak that come up in the spring." Or " You know the Australian animal that lays eggs but is warm blooded, that has a bill a little bit like a beaver's tail. - Kimberly Burnham,30 Ways to Stimulate the Writer's Brain plus Writing Exercises to Improve Brain Health and nervewhisperer.solutions

Perhaps, I have just been lucky in my life, lucky in love and happiness, but on the off chance that my actions, my desire to be seen and accepted for who I am, my ability to be vulnerable, and share my inner journey has helped me be more authentic and draw to me those people who I can love and who will love me, I will continue to share my story, myself, and my ideas with those around me. ~ Kimberly Burnham, author of Mistaken for a Man, A Story for Anyone Struggling to Feel Comfortable in Their Own Skin, Clothes, and Community

Authenticity, coming out, being yourself is not always safe, welcomed by others or even legal but it will lead to love: embodying love, expressing love and feeling love from a selection of other people. It leads to love because when we are vulnerable and show people who we are we give them someone to love. No one can love a façade, unless we are talking about a building. Wouldn't it be great if we could all be ourselves? ~ Kimberly Burnham, author of Mistaken for a Man, A Story for Anyone Struggling to Feel Comfortable in Their Own Skin, Clothes, and Community

Mistaken for a Man, A Story for Anyone Struggling to Feel Comfortable in Their Own Skin, Clothes, and Community explores the impact of changing gender norms and the attempts to legislate love as illustrated by my experience as a butch lesbian with a trans stepson. ~ Kimberly Burnham, author of Mistaken for a Man, A Story for Anyone Struggling to Feel Comfortable in Their Own Skin, Clothes, and Community

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra is the most famous Tamarian allegory or phrase. It can be translated into Judeo-Tamarian as Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and Martin Luther King Jr. marching from Selma to Montgomery. Both phrases portray friends from different backgrounds working together to overcome a common problem or challenge. - Kimberly Burnham, Heschel and King Marching to Montgomery A Jewish Guide to Judeo-Tamarian Imagery https: //amzn.to/4eAoQku