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“But what am I going to wear?” ☠️ . I can remember that time in 5th grade when my mom + I got in a a battle over a mock turtleneck (with a flower bouquet 💐 embroidered on the collar, no less). 🙄 . I was in that “I need a training bra, but I’m too afraid to ask” phase🙈 and the idea of having to put on this practically see-through, skin-tight shirt made me want to die right there in my closet.💀 . Fast forward to my 20s and I’m navigating a decade-long eating disorder. . It’s the night of our rehearsal dinner and I’m crumpled in a ball in the closet sobbing my spray tan off...nothing fits, nothing feels right - not even the perfect little white dress I bought for the occasion. . Fast forward another few years + I’m in a fitting session for an upcoming photo shoot with my amazing friend + stylist @stylebymonty...we’re reviewing all of the outfits. . Piece after piece, I’m slowly realizing that not one thing fits me - I had ordered everything 2 sizes too big. . I’m literally swimming in the sizes I had always thought were mine. . Tears streamed down my cheeks as I realized how disconnected from this sacred body I have been living - how at war I have been with her.💔 . In that moment, I made the conscious choice to adopt the new daily mantra, Carrie taught me that has literally changed my life...🙏🏻 . This is the question I ask myself every single day: . “What do I need to wear today to feel fully supported?” 🤲🏻 . Our clothes matter. . As my @leesaevansstyle said over on the podcast, “Clothing is a fundamental requirement for every one of us.” . What we wear had the capacity to tell our story, hold us + heal us. ❤️ . Throwback to the outfit I rocked at my girl @caitscudder‘s BTR Live event a few weeks ago: vegan sneaks + “leather” jacket 🌱, @ted_baker lace joggers + a semi-see through 😳 button down with a lace bralette to match. . I felt like a rockstar who was totally at ease in her bod without the closet drama.🔥💃🏼 . (Thank you @stylebymonty for sharing your incredible gifts with me to get HERE). . For my wardrobe challenged soul sisters, can you relate to this? 👭 . What are some of your go-to tips for working through the getting dressed drama? 👠
When @benlilyestrom + I left the hospital with our newborn babe, we laughed at how insane it felt to be responsible for a small human with no real prior experience.⁣ ⁣ Neither of us had ever changed a diaper before, yet, here we were - parents - living in a house with a mortgage and careers and bills to pay and a HUMAN to keep alive. 😳⁣ ⁣ Six years down the line, we’ve managed to handle the baby raising, as well as building multiple successful business from the ground up with loads of trial and error.⁣ ⁣ But the truly BEST part of all was the moment it clicked that we get to do our lives and careers exactly how we want to, not based upon the outdated model that we had been taught growing up.⁣ ⁣ There are infinite ways to do life. 👏⁣ ⁣ Yet, one of the most common misconceptions new business owners have is that there is ONE way to build their brands or to grow and attract more clients.⁣ ⁣ The fact is, it will always come back to Brand YOU, no matter what your business is about. ✨⁣ ⁣ And the amount of energy you devote to your own evolution, personal growth, professional development + learning really makes a difference.⁣ ⁣ The new relationships + wild adventures contribute to our individual curriculums, helping us to better understand ourselves.⁣ ⁣ The experiences, the victories + the mistakes all lead to us growing as people so we can stand in the truth of who we really are.🙌🏻⁣ ⁣ You are the expert on you.⁣ ⁣ 💎 Your stories can only be told by you.⁣ ⁣ 💎 Your unique perspective can only be shared by you.⁣ ⁣ 💎 Your mission can only be pursued by you.⁣ ⁣ You must do whatever it takes to fully commit to BEING your most epic self while living, breathing + creating from this place.⁣ ⁣ Are you with me?!⁣ ⁣ Drop a 🔥🔥 if you’re IN + ready to fully own your expertise!! ⁣
In case no one told you today, YOU MATTER.❤️⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Your Dreams Matter.⁣✨⁣ ⁣⁣ You Can Do This.⁣ 🙌🏻⁣ ⁣⁣ TAG someone who needed to hear this today. 🙏🏻✨⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ 📸 @laurenbodwell
The most beautiful things in life take no effort at all...🍂 learning to trust, opening to listen + living in to our glorious right now changes the way we perceive + receive...🤲🏻✨ . What would this season of life feel like if we allowed ourselves to be guided by the divine + natural flow that has been with us all of our days? . What would your week ahead look like if you chose to live + create from this space *alone?* 😳 . What happens to comparison + competition + all of the habits that keep us stuck in the shadows of our truest selves? . Drop a ❤️ if you’re committed to setting yourself FREE this week (and forever) to give + grow in your own sacred timing...🙏🏻
We tackled our first corn maze last weekend. 🌽🍂⁣ ⁣ It was completely disorienting 😳 - we had no map or any clue which way to turn - and being the impatient creatures we are, I quickly realized a corn maze sounds way cooler than it actually is.⁣ ⁣ At one point I tried listening for the sound of cars on the main road, and lead my family, confidently in that direction until @benlilyestrom advised me that I was leading us toward the highway 🚧, which was in the complete opposite direction from the road I thought we were walking towards.🙈⁣ ⁣ There were multiple points in our adventure when we completely left the path + started trudging through the corn stalks like a daytime scene from children of the corn. 😆 ⁣ ⁣ At no point in our journey could we tell how far along we were. We had nothing to measure our progress on.⁣ ⁣ And it had me thinking about what it feels like to build a business from scratch. You can choose infinite directions to move in, but there’s no real way to know which one is going to be the right one when you choose it.⁣ ⁣ It requires stronger intuition, the courage to try + test things out, to use our senses + to enlist guides along the way to lighten the load and minimize the overwhelm.⁣ ⁣ It requires resiliency, courage and creativity - and most of all - a great sense of humor.⁣ ⁣ The good news - we found our way out and even survived the “hard part.”⁣ ⁣ For my fellow soul-o-preneurs, keep going 🌽 and don’t be afraid to use google maps or a trusty guide along the path. 🤓⁣ ⁣ If you’re in the midst of the entrepreneurial maze, click the link in my bio to reorient, reorganize + connect the dots. Building a business was not meant to be a solo journey. 👭👭👭⁣ ⁣ ⁣
Last night before dinner Anni asked if we could play “Summit.”⁣ ⁣ At first I didn’t understand the game, but moments later when she asked me to introduce her “on-stage” and she danced her way out to the “microphone” 🎤 it all came together.⁣ ⁣ She asked me to ask her some questions, the first being “So how did you know what you wanted to do?”⁣ ⁣ Her answer, “I just felt it and I knew it,” in her sweet 6-years-young voice. 😭⁣ ⁣ It’s moments like this one when you are called to pick your head up from the path and the day to day chopping wood and carrying water to SEE that even when it doesn’t feel like it - you’re making the progress you’ve been so committed to.⁣ ⁣ Refusing to give up on our biggest visions is the surest way to our dreams.❤️⁣ ⁣ Let this be your weekly reminder + the proof that the Universe is working out the details even when you have no clue HOW you’re going to get there.⁣ ⁣ Drop a ❤️ if you believe this & to celebrate the incredible humans who have been placed on your path to help along the way. ⁣ ⁣
 
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