This week, my therapist and I talked about whether I could give myself permission to be all of me? I laughed self-consciously and said, “Can the world handle that?” I talked about how often I have shrunk myself to fit into spaces – classrooms, organizations, (ahem) families. When I was completely myself, I felt too fierce, too feminist, too flashy. So I learned to tone it down, stand out a little less when it seemed necessary. Once you start to do that, it can become a pattern. All of you starts to seem like too much, even to you.
Honey, I Shrunk Myself
Honey, I Shrunk Myself
Honey, I Shrunk Myself
This week, my therapist and I talked about whether I could give myself permission to be all of me? I laughed self-consciously and said, “Can the world handle that?” I talked about how often I have shrunk myself to fit into spaces – classrooms, organizations, (ahem) families. When I was completely myself, I felt too fierce, too feminist, too flashy. So I learned to tone it down, stand out a little less when it seemed necessary. Once you start to do that, it can become a pattern. All of you starts to seem like too much, even to you.