The audacity of women
Over the winter break I went skiing with my two daughters. With little experience my youngest started on the bunny slope, within an hour she pushed me to move onto the green magic carpet, and by the end of the day we were riding the chair lifts.
Watching this journey unfold was both exciting and terrifying.
I navigate my impulses (what if she falls, she’s going to break her leg, other skiier might take her out) to pull her back and slow her down to protect her because I see she is wiser than me...
She had the audacity to believe in herself.
Which also happens to be continuously coming up in everything I’m reading and learning about creating success.
With all of the contradictions that trap women in our culture today having the audacity to invest in oneself is perhaps the most rebellious and courageous act a woman can do.
Which leads me to think about all of the ways women are being rebellious every day.
The audacity of a women
... to ask for a payrise
... to believe in herself
... to speak out against her perpetrator
... not explain herself
... to want things
... to be hungry
... to maintain her boundaries
... to prioritise her self care
... to be assertive
... to express herself
... to ask for help
… to say no
... to heal
... to breastfeed in public
... to be strong
... to have a baby
... to run for president
... to be outspoken
... to be emotional
... to lead
... to be successful
... to be the only women in the room
... to not have children
... to stay home
... to go back to work
... to pursue a career in a field dominated by men
... to follow her intuition
and the list goes on...
So here I am again, standing at another fork in the road and needing to decide... Am I going to totally invest in myself in this moment or not? Am I going to go all in on the dreams I have for my business and create all of the offerings that I want to share with the community?
I know what the answer is because I have an amazing group of women (and other folks) around me constantly reminding me to
... invest in myself
... believe in myself
... think big
... take risks
... be fearless
... be open hearted
... be vulnerable
... trust
… rest
What is one of the most important and challenging things that you have had the audacity to do/have done as a woman?