Write Your Own Story. Live That Life / AR.
Remember that saying:
“Sticks and stones may break my back but words will never hurt me.”
I call BULLSHIT. What we say to each other matters. What we say to each other sticks with us, informing our core beliefs, fueling shame and leading us to constricting labels and judgments about ourselves that shape who we become.
Read MoreIn one of my recent presentations on self-branding, an attendee raised the question about the true detriment to not living “authentically, besides not being happy”? They continued on to explain their thinking in that happiness isn’t always something people want to strive for and is in many ways fleeting. At first, to be perfectly honest, I was not prepared to answer the question so I turned it to the audience and gave them a little time to reflect on their own thoughts and reactions while I gave myself some time to sort through the depth of the question…
Read MoreTaking time for self care is not always something I have been great at. I struggle with that every-fixed sense of guilt and shame when I am not doing and so I run myself ragged taking on all of the “things”. I’m sure many of you can relate - we forget to “be” and focus on the “do” and the “go”. But at what cost?
Read MoreI spent years wondering who my dad was. An only child to a single mom, I always wondered what it would be like to truly answer the question, “What would your parents think?” or “What’s your dad like?”. I got good at evasion - giving just enough of an answer people never really knew that secretly I longed for the answer of what he would think. What would he have done if he knew about me? Would he have cared? And would I be different?
Read MoreInspire me.
Inspire me to be better.
Inspire me to fight harder.
Inspire me to love myself fully…
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