Redefine Success

I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to show up as I am while I build this business.

Starting a business has been making me feel like I’m supposed to have it all figured out already. Like every decision I make, I’m supposed to be the most knowledgeable, grounded, confident, and fully healed version of myself. I’m still very much on my own journey. I’m still learning and unlearning and moving through things in real time, just like everyone else. Some days, my path forward is so clear, and other days I feel distracted and unsure.

For a while, I’ve been catching myself thinking that I need to wait until I feel more put together before fully showing up, especially on the socials. I’m fully expecting that there’s some future version of me who has everything together and is overflowing with knowledge and opinions and, of course, is a pinnacle of health. (Where is she? How do I find her?) But! I think what I’m trying to sit with is that this current messy version of me is also worthy of being seen, just as much as the “best” version.

I’m obviously not here because I have all the answers. I’m here because I care about creating space for people to slow down and feel supported in whatever season they’re in because I need this just as much. I can only do that authentically if I let myself be a real person too.

Showing up as I am doesn’t mean I bring my whole life into the room or ask others to hold me. It means I honor my humanity instead of pretending it doesn’t exist (instead of pretending I don’t exist). It means I do my best with the energy I have that day. It means I trust that being present and genuine is more valuable than being perfect. We’re all showing up for ourselves in different ways, trying to take care of our bodies and our lives as best we can.

So this is me, just one girl, still learning, still growing, still figuring things out as I go. Showing up anyway. Offering what I can. And trusting that that’s enough.