𝗪𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗱?

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What if so much of the life you've built has been based on who everyone else expected you to be?

Think about growing up in a culture, maybe you already have, where a woman's worth was measured by whether she got married, had babies, raised a family, and kept everything together.

And if you didn't fit that mold? You were the misfit. The old maid. The black sheep. The one who didn't quite measure up.

And for the women who 𝗱𝗶𝗱 fit the mold? You may have spent your entire life believing that being a good woman meant being a good wife, a good mother, and putting everyone else's needs ahead of your own.

Then one day, you look around and realize just how much of your identity has become wrapped up in your husband, your children, your family, and the expectations others have placed on you. And you begin to wonder...

Who am I outside of all these roles?

What do I actually want?

What brings ME joy?

What do I desire?

What would I choose if I wasn't worried about disappointing someone?

What parts of myself have I silenced because I was taught they didn't matter?

Here's something I want you to consider:

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲, 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲.

Especially when you've spent years believing your desires are selfish, your voice is too much, and your job is to keep everyone else comfortable.

But here's what I want you to know... the woman you're looking for isn't gone, broken, or lost.

She's simply been buried beneath layers of expectations, conditioning, shame, and stories you've been told about who you should be.

And inside the 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 & 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, this is the work we do.

We get curious and start pulling back those layers. We question the stories we've been told. We make room for your thoughts, feelings, desires, and the parts of yourself you've been taught to ignore. And yes, it might feel a little uncomfortable... 𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵.

Noticing yourself, listening to yourself, and giving yourself permission to want something different may be completely unfamiliar territory. But you don't have to keep living a life that looks right on the outside while feeling unfulfilled on the inside.

𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆!

So let me ask you...

🌿 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲?

I'd love to hear your thoughts and would love even more to help you start exploring that question inside the 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 & 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲.

You were made for more than simply fitting the mold. ❤️

@Verna Kauffman

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