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Sep 27
29m 18s

The Skin I Left Behind: Surgery, Feminin...

Cassia Tierney Clarke
About this episode

What happens after you get the body you always wanted?

After losing 100lbs, I was left with loose skin that no amount of training could change. Eventually, I made the decision to have it surgically removed.

But this episode isn't really about surgery.

It's about what came after.

About learning to inhabit a body that had changed almost beyond recognition, finding my way back to my femininity after years of survival mode, and navigating dating, intimacy and trust after betrayal.

Because changing your body is one thing. Learning to feel safe inside it again is another.

In this episode of 9 Lives, I'm talking honestly about loose skin removal surgery, body confidence, femininity, betrayal, dating again and what it really means to come home to yourself.

Sometimes the final transformation isn't becoming someone new. It's finally feeling like you again.


Until next week,

Cass 🖤

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