ACOSF Ch. 6-10: Fighting Pants and the Trauma Library

Welcome back! Today we're discussing chapters 6 through 10 of A Court of Silver Flames.

Relevant links and reminders for today's episode:

• Join us next time for the A Court of Silver Flames workout by Jessika Glover
• Next week we're talking with Rowan about In Her Own Rite
• The week after, we're doing ACOSF ch. 11-15

Nesta’s self-eggsualization journey

Two axes: number of eggs (we want moderation) and the way they are cooked

Here’s a breakdown of what they mean:

• hard boiled: you’re numbing yourself to the world and need to sit with your feelings
• Over easy: you’re a hot mess. The level of cooked-ness of the egg is indicative of how much you’re letting your feels hang out. That’s not necessarily a bad thing
• Poached, unaccompanied: Jesus are you okay
• Poached, on toast (nothing else): you’re not okay but you’re very pragmatic about it
• Scrambled: you’re basically all right. Not super happy, not super sad. This is a good baseline.
• Breakfast sandwich such as a ham egg and cheese: you are nourishing your body and enjoying it
• Complicated eggs (deviled, flan, custard, Benedict, huevos rancheros): you’re in your self love era

So, for example, if someone ate 3 eggs over medium as I did for breakfast the other day, we would say that they are taking care of themselves but it’s a struggle. If someone eats one hard boiled egg for lunch 3 times a week, they need immediate help. If someone has eggs Benedict for