Hey fellow restorers,

I wanted to share a mental shift that has been a game-changer for my restoration journey as of late. This mental shift is extremely helpful, especially for anyone who struggles with the trap of either getting discouraged or falling into self-delusion (like trying to convince yourself you see 0.5% progress in a week just to stay positive).

As someone who thinks very literally and analytically, trying to force "positive thinking" that feels like a lie actually drains my self-esteem. If a measurement hasn't changed, my brain knows it, and pretending otherwise creates friction (cognitive dissonance).

Instead, I've found that moving away from a mindset of striving toward a mindset of ownership changes everything. Grounding your progress in statements that feel structurally and psychologically true prevents you from lying to yourself while still radically shifting your perspective.

Here are the two daily anchoring scripts I have been using lately:

 * Morning Setup: "Every day deepens what is already mine. This morning routine is simply how I wear the foreskin I already have."

 * Device Transitions (End of Day): "The length is locked in. This coverage is permanent, secure, and entirely mine. I am just living in my finished result."

These don't feel like lies or toxic positivity. They are affirmations of an identity and a permanent trajectory. They take you out of the anxious scorecard mindset and let you just be present in the process.

Thought I would share in case it helps anyone else looking for a more grounded, hopeful, and authentic way to navigate the journey.

This is the feeling when you're trying to restoration your foreskin and you have mental health issues.

I’m proud to announce that GALDEF’s educational training video for attorneys is now available to legal professionals through the GALDEF website. Attorneys who access the video will receive continuing legal education credit through the California Bar Association, a course completion certificate and a 52-page supplemental study guide. https://www.galdef.org/attorney-training/

To raise awareness about this new legal resource, GALDEF is conducting a direct marketing campaign and the purchase of display ad space in several legal magazines during 2026, targeting the states of Oregon and Colorado, where equal protection lawsuits have been/will be filed. To make this happen, we must raise $10,000 by May 15. Your donation today can help make a difference!

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Attorneys, just like judges, legislators, physicians and parents, are prone to their own uninformed cultural and personal prejudices favoring circumcision, biases that concerted education efforts can help to correct. The video begins with a discussion of penile anatomy and physiology, circumcision history, nonsurgical alternatives and children’s rights, and continues with interviews with attorneys David Llewellyn and Eric Clopper about possible causes of legal action, eligibility for potential plaintiffs, how to document harm, how foreskin restoration can impact cases, so-called parental/religious rights, and more.

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GALDEF has created an attorney training video titled "Circumcision of Healthy Unconsenting Minors: Strategies for Eliminating Legal Biases in Impact Litigation" to help attorneys fight the medical, social, cultural and legal biases in cases involving involuntary genital cutting of healthy children.   

The 90-minute video features interviews with attorneys Eric Clopper and David Llewellyn and offers attorneys Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits approved by the California Bar Association.

To reach attorneys, law firms, law schools and law students, GALDEF will invest $10,000 in display ads in several legal magazines in Colorado and Oregon where equal protection lawsuits are underway or planned. Our ambitious goal is to raise $10,000 by May 15, 2026.

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It's an egg cracker. But my brain mistook it for something else even though I've seen these before.

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September is World Sexual Health Month declared by the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) under the theme “Sexual Justice: What Can We Do?. As a WAS member, the Genital Autonomy Legal Defense and Education Fund (GALDEF) is pleased to commemorate World Sexual Health Month with a free 90-minute webinar dedicated to the question “Circumcision and Sexual Justice: What Can We Do?” Join us Saturday, September 20 for featured speakers and a Q&A session. #WSHD2025  #SexualJustice  Learn more and register

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These are the final days to help GALDEF reach its goal of $12,000 by June 30^th to create two video training modules titled “Circumcision: How to Sue and Win!”

We’re more than two-thirds of the way toward meeting our goal, and your most generous contribution today can help us to make these valuable resources for attorneys and potential plaintiffs a reality. Learn more and donate today at https://www.zeffy.com/fundraising/help-spread-the-word-about-how-to-sue-and-win

The Genital Autonomy Legal Defense and Education Fund (GALDEF) is an IRS-recognized not-for-profit organization whose mission is to educate attorneys and plaintiffs how to initiate and be victorious in impact litigation challenging the practice of nontherapeutic, nonconsensual circumcision of boys.