Unladylike is a mythopoetic reclamation of the self—an unflinching exploration of love, betrayal, embodiment, and becoming.

Part poetry, part prose, this collection maps a deeply personal and archetypal journey: a return from survival into sovereignty. Through a language both intimate and incantatory, Regina Louise invites readers into a living cartography of healing—one that traces the contours of trauma, memory, desire, and the sacred work of self-retrieval.

At its core, Unladylike is a romance back to the self.

It speaks to those who have learned to contort, adapt, and perform in order to be loved—offering instead a path toward radical self-attachment, emotional truth, and embodied dignity. Rooted in themes of the divine feminine, relational healing, and personal myth-making, this work challenges inherited narratives around worth, belonging, and love.

This is not healing as performance.
It is healing as praxis.

Through reflections on attachment, identity, betrayal, and the body’s memory, Unladylike becomes both mirror and method—an invitation to reclaim authorship over one’s own life.

For readers of contemporary poetry, memoir, and transformative literature, this collection offers:

– A mythopoetic lens on trauma and recovery
– A somatic and emotionally intelligent approach to healing
– A redefinition of love as self-return, not self-abandonment
– A devotional exploration of voice, truth, and becoming

Unladylike is for those who are ready to stop surviving and begin relating—to themselves, to their bodies, and to love—on their own terms.