Our identities are sitting at the intersection of familial, cultural, and societal narratives that we didn’t write. As women, we are often charged with playing the less dominant role in many of these narratives. Everyday women are taking on more powerful roles in  professional and personal lives, but the messages received from more dominant patriarchal narratives have already been internalized. Thus, dictating how we see ourselves and the world around us. When those narratives, ideas, or beliefs are in conflict with new narratives we are trying to construct, we sometimes feel the tension in the form of anxiety, fear, resentment, confusion, sadness, overwhelm, or burnout. Not knowing how to free ourselves, the response is often more work, more responsibility, more pretending, more avoiding, another degree, a new this or that - anything that numbs us to the ensuing battle happening in our bodies. 

I believe that as women we inherently possess a power that, across time and generations, has been diminished or suppressed. My ultimate goal is to help other women, especially women of color, reignite their power, and free themselves from internalized messages associated with patriarchy, racism, misogyny, sexism... basically any story that tells them they are too much of one thing, or not enough of something else. I want them to feel empowered to write their own narratives of unrelenting higher standards; of winning emotional battles with dignity, strength, and agility; of purpose and value driven leadership and impact; of intentionally defined healing and wellness; and of unwavering confidence and empowerment.