Why Allowing Yourself To Be Seen Is Life Changing
Hey Fam!
I’ve been thinking about the value of showing up consistently and allowing yourself to be seen.
What’s been on your mind? Reply if you want to chat.
This Week:
🎨Visual Of The Week: Connect The Different Parts Of You
⚡️Why Allowing Yourself To Be Seen Is Life Changing
〰What Community Members Are Saying About The Creator Dashboard
🍅Sauce: A song that reminds me of life’s blessings
🧠Tweet Of The Week: There are 2 this week!
Sending you so much love. Have an amazing rest of your week!
Kyle
Visual Of The Week
“Take two things. Take three. Combine them. Now you are the best in the world at the intersection.”
Why Allowing Yourself To Be Seen Is Life Changing
Many of us wear masks.
We hide ourselves because we fear the real us won't be accepted.
You learned in school, in your neighborhood, from your family and the media what was socially acceptable.
As a kid, I didn’t feel I could safely express my feelings. This resulted in me being a people pleaser and holding back my true self as an adult.
Because of childhood wounds, you may also compromise your authenticity, who you spend your time with, what you agree to and other parts of yourself. And this makes sense because the little kid version of you still feels unsafe.
But we're adults now. You’re not that same little kid that may have gotten bullied or didn’t feel they had a listening ear from a caregiver.
Now, we can be our own parent and find relationships and spaces that support the most authentic version of us. You can give attention and love to the parts of you that were discouraged.
Healing is work, but it’s work that’s worth doing.
Are You Listening to Yourself or Others?
An interesting thing I noticed is, I internalized other’s judgement and now those voices operate in my subconscious as my own voice.
So I have to catch myself whenever I’m thinking: “you’re too much” or “who do you think you are?” And be like, “who the fuck is saying this?” Those voices derived from a source outside of me, but now they are things I say to myself.
When we play into the narrative of being too much or not being enough, we’re no longer hiding from others, we’re really hiding from ourself—from our own fullness, from our own truth.
As kids we may have needed to compromise for our parents or others. We needed their approval to be safe.
But now the only person you need approval from is yourself. If you want to dance or sing or speak up or change, it only requires your permission.
And as you allow your true colors to shine, you’ll attract the people and opportunities that are for you and move away from people and things that aren’t for you.
So I ask you:
What are areas in your life where you hold back from being yourself?
How can you lean more into being you?
Early Feedback On The Creator Dashboard
Here are some words from people in our community who’ve gotten their own Creator Dashboard:
If you:
Have a vision, but lack a supportive and like-minded community to help you achieve that vision.
Struggle with being consistent with your craft or ideas.
Want to feed your mind with helpful thoughts that have a positive impact on your emotions and behavior.
Want to build healthy habits, so you can take care of yourself and create whatever you desire.
Then the Creator Dashboard was made for you.
Sauce🍅
I’ve been on an Afro-Beats Vibe recently. This jam reminds me to be present to life’s blessings.
Tweet Of The Week🧠
2 for this week!
So much love for you and your attention. Stay blessed!
-K