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