I’ve found that over the course of my life, as much as I’ve felt like I’m too much, too big, or too passionate, it has appeared in my life and in it’s impact on my heart and psyche as feeling like I’m not enough. Though I’m certain you’re familiar with this feeling, I’ll spell it … Read more
If you’ve ever been told that you are too much… Too big. Too bright. Too intense. If you’ve ever been made to feel that you need to dull down your brightness, your beauty. To dumb down your words. To fit into a box that is much too small for the magnificence of your being. That … Read more
I can remember exactly how this felt: You said you loved me. In that moment I believed that you loved me. And yet – three seconds later – I had forgotten. Then I would ask you, “do you love me?” Repeat. In those moments, I wasn’t able to hold onto your love, because it was … Read more
On Thursday, I came across a prompt from Erika Lyremark from The Daily Whip that said: If you had the world’s undivided attention for 10 seconds, what would you say? My fingers started to itch and I clung to a voice that begged: your truth. 10 seconds. don’t second guess. GO. I wrote: You are … Read more
I want to tell you about what I have been noticing happening inside of my skin. After years of doing this work, it feels as though a new layer has been peeled back, a layer that has left me feeling quite vulnerable. I was always the kind of woman who enjoyed the trappings of my … Read more