Hey y'all, it's Ro.

I want to say I'm a politicized somatic coach, trauma-informed Marxist, writer, vocalist, and comrade-in-practice. But I'm really just an ambitious little meat guy trying to do something good before I die.

I'm a white, middle class transmasc goober who has spent entirely too much time studying Marxism, Trauma Science and Transformative Justice and way too little time actually practicing any of these things.

I've trained in life coaching, deep dived into neuroscience, trauma and The Polyvagal Theory, obsessed over the DSM-5, it's concepts and criticisms thereof, hyperfocused on emotional abuse and relationship dynamics, spent a decade seeking my own self worth and confidence, studied various trauma modalities... and all I have to show for it is this lousy unpaid Substack!

Really though, I'm no expert. I'm just trying to be a HELPER. I spent most of my life hating myself, self abandoning in relationships and wishing I was doing something "important". From where I am now, my only hope is that I don't waste the rest of my time here.

What I'm Betting On

If we can cultivate the capacity to show up even when it’s uncomfortable and tolerate others’ messy humanity for the sake of our goals, then maybe we can build the solidarity necessary to organize a truly global people’s movement powerful enough to challenge the existing ruling class and birth a new world together.

And if I can add one little penny to this pond, I want to try. Am I perfect? Fuck no. Do I know everything I want to know? Not nearly. I'm always learning. Will I fuck up? Probably. But I'm always down to talk, and at this point in Human History, the willingness to have a hard conversation while offering grace and humanity to each other might be the only way we get through this.

May we become comrades,

xoxo, Ro