Jayne Mattingly is a nationally recognized disability advocate, body image speaker, and author of This Is Body Grief, a groundbreaking book published by Penguin Random House about what it means to grieve a body that no longer reflects the life you once lived or thought you would live. Jayne coined the term Body Grief to name the very real and often overlooked mourning process that comes with living in a body. She is also the artist behind Dying for Art, an ongoing series of bold, abstract paintings that explore what it means to create in a body that is constantly navigating decline, pain, and beauty. Jayne’s art, like her book, is a rebellion against erasure—proof that disabled bodies can hold grief and power, stillness and brilliance, all at once.