I see so many AMAZING women wearing masks and sometimes I just want to shout “Take off that barrier. You’ll be free! And P.S. the real you is SO much more fun and appealing.”
I get it… I used to wear the mask, too. You know, the mask that said,” Don’t get too close. Don’t look too deep. And, please oh please don’t let me outshine anyone.” I used to be trapped by my doubts. I used to embrace a part of me and act like it was the only me. I used to think I had to be a certain way to be accepted or liked. I used to try and hide my bold, powerful, fiery, smart self. Instead I stayed in my sweet, nice, very “surface-only Self.”