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About Kiss Your Brain: Diagnosis Diaries
This collection of poems was written from the day the author was sent to the emergency room through her first phase of radiation and chemotherapy treatment. Christina uses poetry to share her lived experience as a teacher, a patient, a psychologist, and a neurodivergent person. Kiss Your Brain: Diagnosis Diaries shares poems that fit under the categories of “on beautiful brains,” “on resilience,” and “on renewal.” Christina shares her feelings, thoughts, and experience while challenging power and privilege, and learning to advocate for her own health. She uses poetry to process her ironic brain tumor diagnosis in this first collection and ultimately hopes to inspire others through her work. All funds from each purchase of this book will go toward brain tumor and brain cancer research."To be able to read some of the most intimate thoughts that someone has as they experienced great change and uncertainty is surreal. To then also read about how instead of simply fighting it, they chose to love it and embrace it... is amazing. Books like this change the world because it gives people a voice, it gives people a friend... and also sew the seed of self-forgiveness and serve as a reminder to appreciate the wonder of our bodies and brains... regardless of the story we are part of.""This book of poems is so powerful and paradigm-shifting in the world of healing and surviving. Christina provides a glimpse into what it means to face trauma with love and hope. Her words will provide a safe space for your heart to rest and heal, while also providing a road map for finding and unleashing your power. I love the way she rejects the typical fighter narrative that accompanies cancer, and I especially enjoy the way she embraces being disabled. In one poem, Christina writes, “Give me the strength to show the others that they can survive it too”, and that’s exactly what she’s done with her poetry. Plus, purchasing this book supports research on brain tumors and brain cancer! Thank you, Christina, for showing us what it means to survive and change the world."
