Reflections on power, visibility, and the unlearning of Nice Girl Training
Welcome to The Journal…
My unfiltered space for truth-telling, transformation, and power reclamation.
These writings are a living embodiment of The Medusa Effect™ – the rebellion that happens when women stop apologizing and start remembering. Here, the conditioning burns off. The voice returns. The power rises.
If you’ve ever felt yourself shrinking, this is your invitation to rise, remember who you are, and lead from your full power.
The last time I wrote a blog was around 8 months ago...and it was a doozy. I had announced that I had come out as a bisexual on Facebook and was in a committed relationship with my girlfriend. I was both terrified and excited, and this particular combination fed the feeling that I could accomplish...
It's Saturday! As we go through our daily lives, we can get so caught up with the things that we have to get done that we forget to take some time out and have some fun. I thought I would help out today by providing video demonstrations of animals doing just...
You can't move forward...until you embrace your past! Some of you have not had pleasant pasts. In fact, when you saw that I said you had to embrace your past you may have thought to yourself, "Uh...no. Not happening." But take a moment and think about it. In fact,...
You tell lies. Well, not just you, I tell lies too. So... ...We tell lies. In some cases, the lies you tell aren't meant to harm anyone. You tell lies (the white lie) to your friends so their feelings don't get hurt. You tell half truths (lie of omission) so you don't...
Do you ever look at your goals or dreams and think... I'm not sure it's possible for me. I've tried really hard to get what I want and it's too hard. Maybe I'm not meant to be great...maybe I should just give up. Yet, when we look outside of ourselves and to someone...
The truth is...There are no quick fixes! Every once in a while you hear about something don't you? Let's say you're trying to lose weight and then all of the sudden you start hearing about some revolutionary new product that is not going to require you to exercise to...
This is for all the "people-pleasers" out there. I know you're out there! I have a streak of people-pleasing in me. (I've obviously made some strides to overcome this. LOL!) Let me tell you, there's a part, especially as you get married and have children, there's a...