Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” @Spring Whipple @Terri Villanueva@Robbin Kaifesh @Roxanne Vilarosa

Super cool to reach level 6 in this community! You level up by posting, liking others posts and engaging in their content.

As I sat there in a meeting yesterday, I noticed something. It was time to let go of the woman I used to be. I thought back to how I used to feel i needed to defend myself or my ideas. How I'd play small so others could have the light and get the applause and credit for the hard work... the dark work that I did. I had visions and dreams but would stop right at the threshold where the bold move needed to be made to get to the other side. But in that meeting, a switch clicked. Almost as if i were outside myself looking at the old version of who I was and fully recognized i was no longer her. Wisdom. Experience. Knowledge. Growth. It takes intentional HARD work over time to get to that place. A determination to get to a place you know exists even if currently it's only in your head. Once you find it, never let it go until you get there. I don't want to make this post, this SoulFire weekly all about me, though. I'm just expressing an awareness and acknowledgement. I'm curious, have you been in that place before. It's like an awakening. A serious brand new beginning. If you have, I'd love for you to share your story here in the comments. When did you find yourself there? What caused the need to changer? What steps did you take? If you had advice to give to someone else coming into that place, what advice would you give? Where do you see yourself heading now? Ladies, this isn't a passive community. In here we lift each other. We grow and help each other. We're here to lead a movement. I'm so grateful you're here with us!!

I'm going to share with you and be very transparent with the intention of allowing you to see that even when life is throwing lemons 🍋 (not giving them to you nicely) like a Marvel character throwing a weapon, we've still got a choice and decisions on how we respond. I came home from work...I currently work 7 days a week, two jobs. It's not because I WANT to. It's because I'm paying the consequences for decisions I've made in the past. But, I came home from work. Another pillow torn and spread all over the floor. I see part of a pen. A pen that's usually on my nightstand, and... my journal, eaten. Also usually on my nightstand. And... yes, that's not all, my 3rd pair of prescription glasses with the lens out, frame chewed up. They were also on my nightstand. I couldn't keep my dogs in their crates because yesterday part of the plexiglass got broken out when I left them in their while I was at work. I've decided to call this forced evolution. Not super affordable, but effective. I've got one pair of glasses left that will not go on my nightstand anymore. I've ordered three separate journals deciding to allow the one she ate as symbolism of the destruction of the person those pages was written about. New journals for the person I'm growing into. My journal pens got put into drawers. I went to the gym after deciding my sinus headache and pain weren't enough to stop me. Stair climber for 25 minutes level 8. Found myself wheezing decided not to push it. Came home, my kitchen was flooded, 😆 🤣 😂 Sometimes all you can do is laugh. The garbage disposal is leaking and if you do dishes in the dishwasher, like I did, it backs up into the garage disposal so my kitchen floor was soaked and if course, my pups didn't know enough to stay out of it and tracked it to the carpeting. When you can not yell, but take deep breaths instead. When you can sit (after using several towels to dry up as much water as you can), take a shower to help clear your lungs, and even after all this, see the magic, see the beauty. Because this is ultimately life.

Today, let’s play a little SoulFire game! Sometimes connection isn’t found in the big romantic gestures… It’s the tiny, hilarious, wonderfully human things we notice about each other. I’ll start: When someone remembers how you take your coffee or tea…or your favorite pastry... or texts “ let me know when you made it home safe”… or gives that soft smile that says “I see you, and I’m glad you’re here.” Your turn: What’s one small, simple gesture that makes you feel genuinely cared for? It can be romantic, friendly, family… anything that warms your heart or cracks you up. Drop it below. Let’s see what little signals of love and connection look like in our sisterhood today. Because sometimes the smallest moments reveal the biggest truths about what we need and what we value in the people around us.