Welcome to the waterfront, the shoreline, looking out on your expansive horizon sitting atop a big, open body of water.
It’s so inviting and freeing to take in the size and beauty of that sea, imagining the relaxation of taking a dip, unless - you don’t swim.
The fear and suffering of being caught in the waves, feeling like you’re drowning in the depths, gasping for air as you try to keep your head above water is real.
The sea of expectations we are all surrounded by is limiting the contributions of women everywhere.
I invite you to imagine the huge open body of water as our collective cultural experience. That the water is our culture, or set of behaviors and expectations rooted in assumed values. When we jump in at birth, we immediately learn how to drown in the default expectations imposed on us.
How to hustle, work, suffer, fight - to stay above water, when all we really needed was to learn how to swim, instead of drowning in what was foretold for your life by preset cultural expectations you didn’t necessarily choose or author.
Doing what outside influences compel you to instead of what you know is right for you steals from everyone.
It limits your life, what you can achieve, and why. We all pay a price when women mask up and comply with limiting cultural expectations.
I sure did, and so did everyone around me.
We lose out on the intimacy with ourselves and the access the world has to our divinity when we hide in conformity, knowing we want something different.
Right now, women are ready to take back their lives because they must reconcile that they want something different than the default expectations and experiences imposed on them.
And it’s not a revolt, it’s a revolution.
To radically accept one’s self, and others, so that we can step into our lives as ourselves and belong despite.
To swim in a culture not made for you, calmly and confidently navigating the waters as your authentic self, living on your own terms sailing above it all.
To thrive in a limiting culture as you are, without limitations on your agency.
It’s our time to find ourselves and emerge.
Come find your flow with me.
It begins with unlearning how to drown in a sea of cultural expectations.
Become part of the movement of women living life on their terms, infiltrating the culture while living inside it.
My invitation to you is found in the episodes of my fun, bold and brave podcast The Disruptive Diva Show, about how I did this for myself and showcasing others who have too.
My heart, head, quick wit, and experience is wide open there for you to be invited to find yourself in my story - all the rawness, spice, and juiciness included.
Listen in and drop your questions, stories and comments on my FAQ page.
I will review your contributions and transform them into more content on this site to help everyone from all diverse lived experiences to share what this concept and practice means to them, to offer a community space for all those learning to live life as their true selves.
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