Julie Genovese's Writings
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Article
Jul.14.2010
FinerMinds Blog
The Pain of Dwarfism Becomes a Catapult to Joy
Running circles around my childhood were words like midget, shrimpy, freak. The doctors threw in a few more: deformed, abnormal, birth DEFECT. Born under the microscope of spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia (dwarfism,) I quickly found myself feeling lost and broken. There were bullies, medical studies and surgeries. But my...
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Article
Jul.14.2010
Huffington Post
Got Joy?
Born with two strikes against me, dwarfism plus degenerative arthritis, I was hardly expected to reach the heights of happiness, right? “You’ve been shortchanged,” the world silently chanted. “I’m not good enough!” I screamed at the gods. Doctors wrote across the clipboards of my childhood: abnormal, deformed, defective. Everyday stares and taunting...
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About Julie
Julie Bond Genovese is the author of the inspirational memoir, Nothing Short of Joy, which is endorsed by Wayne Dyer, Dr. Christiane Northrup, Dr. Bernie Siegel and Alan Cohen. Julie has been featured on NBC LX, My Fox Boston, CT Now and Strategy Room, as...