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You Don’t Have to Earn Your Place in This World
Read Article: You Don’t Have to Earn Your Place in This WorldI can encourage others to recognize their worth, yet still struggle to recognize my own. From publishing my first novel to living with imposter syndrome, here's why I'm learning that belonging isn't something we have…
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Your Body Is Allowed to Be More Than a Project
Read Article: Your Body Is Allowed to Be More Than a ProjectThere is nothing wrong with wanting to change your body. I think that needs to be said at the beginning because conversations about body image have developed a strange tendency to drift toward one of…
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You Are Allowed to Enjoy Your Own Life
Read Article: You Are Allowed to Enjoy Your Own LifeSomewhere along the way, we became suspicious of anything that exists only because we enjoy it. Hobbies became side hustles. Exercise became optimization. Rest became “recharging,” as though even doing nothing needs to justify itself…
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The Myth of After
Read Article: The Myth of AfterThere is a quiet little lie a lot of us carry around without realizing it. It sounds responsible. It sounds mature. It even sounds motivational sometimes. I will be happy after I fix this. After…
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Confidence Isn’t Always Loud
Read Article: Confidence Isn’t Always LoudWhen people talk about confidence, they often describe it like it has to be big. Loud. Obvious. The kind of thing that enters a room before you do, takes up space without hesitation, and never…
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You Don’t Have to Hide What You Worked For
Read Article: You Don’t Have to Hide What You Worked ForThere comes a point where hiding your progress starts to feel less like humility and more like fear. For a long time, it can feel safer to downplay yourself. You make yourself smaller before anyone…
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Learning to Live in the In-Between
Read Article: Learning to Live in the In-BetweenNot every version of you arrives with an announcement. Sometimes change happens quietly. There is no dramatic breaking point, no cinematic transformation, no clear moment where the old life ends and the new one begins.…
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The Way You Look at Yourself Matters
Read Article: The Way You Look at Yourself MattersThe way you look at yourself matters, especially when no one else is in the room. It is easy to focus on how other people see us. We think about the photo they liked, the…
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Stop Asking for Permission to Like Yourself
Read Article: Stop Asking for Permission to Like YourselfThere comes a point where you have to ask yourself how long you are willing to wait for the world to give you permission to like yourself. Most of us do it without realizing. We…
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The Quiet Side of Confidence
Read Article: The Quiet Side of ConfidenceConfidence does not always announce itself loudly. Sometimes it does not walk into the room with perfect posture, a perfect smile, and a voice that knows exactly what to say. Sometimes confidence is quieter than…
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