As a child, I learned that navigating everything that made up who I was going to be, things like feelings, opinions, dreams, ideas, beliefs, and my rather zealous personality was met with less than enthusiasm.
I found out rather quickly that instead of making plans to change the world and be the next superhero, I needed to listen and do exactly what I was told to do, no questions asked.
The most important thing to do was to make the people around me happy, or at least not mad at me, and that came with obedience.
I stuffed my emotions down, I followed the rules, and never gave my emotions or thoughts a voice.
I could not actually tell you my own thoughts, because I didn’t feel like they were allowed.
This wasn’t because I didn’t have people in my life that loved me, but because I made a decision to shut down and turn off my inner voice.
This also showed up in my body with stomach aches every single day.
My health was a mess and I even had my gallbladder and appendix removed. I finally had enough, I was in pain every day and something had to change.
It was time to take ownership and enjoy my life!
Not only did I learn to work with my body, eating what makes me feel good and leaving behind the things that don’t in order to live pain free.
I also learned to allow space without judgment to embrace my emotions without shutting them off or ignoring them.
However, the most important thing was realizing that I am a powerful person and what makes up the very essence of who I am matters to the people around me.
Listening to my inner voice means getting to understand the purpose of why I am alive today.
I am the only person that gets to live my life and I want to do this focused on enjoying every single day while looking at the future full of hope.
I now have self confidence to chase my dreams and this means I get to be a cheerleader to the voiceless!
To empower women who were just like me, who stopped listening to their voice, to take ownership and rise up to become their powerful, authentic self.
To experience their life, the one they were created to enjoy with an abundance of joy and freedom.