Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) August/September 2015 Unleashing Your Magnificence | Page 45

community—my peeps— would find me and welcome me showing up shining my light of authenticity. A few short years ago when I decided to rebrand, come out of the broom closet, and go after my dreams of empowering spiritual women on how to magically create an abundant life they love, I was scared to death because I knew it would mean that I had to become more visible. I was super comfortable working from behind my computer but coming out into the world via video – that was a challenge! To say that took courage is an understatement, it took serious vagina. Back in the day I was a child that didn’t fit in (can you imagine that?), so in order to survive my school years, I learned at a relatively young age to dim my light and fly under the radar. This was my go to behavior until I left 12th grade, so diming my light was ingrained into who I was BE-ing. Undoing that behavior has proven to be an ongoing process. The more visible my brand becomes, the more it triggers me, and the more vulnerable I feel. Can you feel my pain? What I learned during the process of taking those courageous steps and walking though my personal fire of vulnerability is that I give other women like you the permission to do the same – to show up in authentically. I hold up a mirror for your blooming, emerging and becoming – not a mirror of projections and fears but a mirror of integrity, courage and authenticity. I’m comfortable with you HERE’S THE SIMPLE TRUTH: IN ORDER TO SERVE AT THE LEVEL I DO, I HAD TO HEAL AND