Make Yourself Matter

I spent a lotta good years abandoning myself. Taking care of me wasn’t on the priority list, so you guessed it, everything or everyone came before me. The message I was sending was, “I don’t matter, I’m not important, I don’t have a backbone”. Speaking up and standing up for what I wanted felt too awkward, so I bid farewell to my sense of self. It’s taken a lot of years to find my way back and to stay true to the most basic and foundational work — taking care of myself. This looks like movin...