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Yes, she knows.
She always known.
Sometimes we don’t believe her. Or we do but pretend we aren’t sure.
Sometimes our journey meant ignoring our gut or trying to prove her wrong.
BUT...
and yes there are buts here
We always go back to our instinct. We felt it and ignored it or wanted to prove her wrong.
It’s so much extra.
Today trust her. She’s kind of a know-it-all
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A woman is like a brilliant, blinding, multi-faceted diamond.
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She has all these different sides to herself, and they each serve in illuminating and showcasing her unique sparkle.
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She can be sweet, sultry, enraged, overjoyed, nurturing, fiercely independent, gross, giggly...you name it. She's all the things (sometimes all in one day).
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And yet...so often, we find safety in only allowing ourselves to be one, or two, maaaybe three things. Maybe.
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You can be sweet and giggly but ANGRY? That's not you.
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Sultry and fiercely independent but NURTURING? It feels so foreign.
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There are facets of your diamond-ness that are shrouded and cloudy...left out in the cold...so easily judged or mislabeled.
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We avoid these innate aspects of who we are because at some point in time we were told not to be that way, or that that feeling is wrong, or it's weak, or it gets us into trouble, or that mode of self-expression is inappropriate. Lock it up, Darlene!
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But whatever you bury becomes your burden.
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It becomes impossible to move through the world without feeling heavy, exhausted, completely overtaken by the weight of managing and suffocating these abandoned aspects of yourself.
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And in trying so hard to stifle your multi-faceted sparkle, you get confused. You become dull. One-dimensional. Blah. No fun.
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So if I can make a gentle recommendation: OWN YOUR WILDLY BRILLIANT MULTIDIMENSIONAL DIAMOND-LIKE-NESS. PRETTY PLEASE.
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Stop stifling your true, untamed nature.
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Surrender to exploring ALL THE THINGS you are.
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Don't limit yourself if you don't need to (hint: we never need to).
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Because a woman who owns all sides of herself, who is open and generous in her ability to light up the world with raw essence and energy, a woman who revels in possessing a FUCK-TON OF UNIQUE, MULTITUDINOUS SPARKLE -- she shows everyone how to rise. She invites expansion wherever she walks.
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And the world desperately needs more unabashedly diamond-like women, like you.
I went on a mini-rant in my stories earlier ♀️, over the fact that some people are still walking around with this naive, entitled perception that a great relationship should just happen, without requiring any effort on their part. That they should just be able to bump into their person, and do the happily-ever-after dance for all of eternity.
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Now I am not asserting that YOU are one of those people. Mostly because you're HERE, and if you're reading this, you're probably aware that most of us are grossly mis-educated in the love-and-partnership arena. Not even uneducated, MIS-EDUCATED.
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We're taught completely unhelpful, misleading things ("Play hard to get!"). We're sent complex, seemingly-conflicted messages ("Be yourself, but actually, be your BEST self! And be vulnerable! But not TOO vulnerable! Trust people, but be DISCERNING, dammit!").
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Sometimes my clients feel embarrassed or confused as to why they're having to re-educate themselves...learn about boundaries...adjust to healthy attachment -- so many of their friends just don't struggle with this stuff. What's the deal? ♀️
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The deal, as far as I can tell, is that we're all here to learn different things.
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And maybe you, like me, are here to learn about healthy, mutually beneficial, empowered connection. ♥️
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And for us, we have a choice to make. We can be annoyed that we have tough stuff to untangle and re-learn where our heart's are concerned, or be grateful that we get to learn this stuff at all.
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We're in such a unique time relationally -- I don't think either of my grandmothers had ever even heard of "boundaries" before. They didn't have the choices I have; they were too busy showing up for the life, and the roles, that were largely expected of them.
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So while I'm over here healing my own relationship baggage and hardship, I'm actually showing up for them. And I'm making empowered, educated choices now, so my future kids don't have to do the dirty work that I refused to show up for. My gosh, what a gift. It's the least I can do.
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So...what are you choosing?