Nurturing the Inner Woman
If you have been following me on Instagram, or keeping tabs on my website through your email subscription, then I know you have been hearing a lot about Nurturing the Inner Woman. They seem like buzz words these days. But I wanted to share with you the extension of this phrase.
It started back in February when I realized I wanted to take my writing to a different level. Something more, but I didn’t know in which way. I began to think more business minded, that if I wanted to be an author, then I would personally need to step into that role before anyone would “crown me” the title of author.
Being business minded led me to Core Values, Branding Guidelines, and My Message. It was easy finding these in the broad spectrum: I Value kindness, support, respect, validation, challenging questions, honesty; my Message is validation of self, self worth, letting emotions exist, go slow, and ask for help. Branding was a roadblock because I didn’t want a logo and didn’t feel I had an overall look that I wanted to aim for. I just wanted to write better, share more, and invite others to join me so we could support one another.
I stumbled around a few weeks… although it felt like months. I kept hearing other buzz words like “find your people” and “what is your niche.” I wrote a list of what I wanted to create + publish, hoping that would narrow down who it was I was writing to. And I just got more confused. Frustrated. Further away from writing from my heart.
What I wanted was structure. A guideline that would help me stay focused and move forward. But I also needed freedom to be flexible. To ebb and flow with creativity. I felt like typical business models don’t account for creatives. We don’t want to stick with just one logo, one set of brand colors, one message, niche, or group of people.
For me, I center around females. I wanted flexibility to be more inclusive than just mothers, or only those who are actively working on healing and growth.
I began to narrow down the broad message: to deepen our self trust, by mothering ourselves with unconditional love… to cultivate the home within ourselves… invite you on this gently uninhibited journey… nurture the home within yourself… come home to yourself.
And although all of these meant well, I did not want to sell you on an idea. I did not want to make a promise I couldn’t deliver on. I did not want you to feel forced to move forward, or obligated to join this journey with me.
Business models are not set up for the “consumer to have a conscious decision.”
I wanted to share my life, and you choose for yourself if you want to be a part of that.
So I narrowed down what it is I have been through… where I want to keep going… and remind myself in the present moment of why I share what I write. I came up with:
Nurturing: care for and encourage the growth or development of.
Inner Women: a woman's soul or mind
A slow space. Mothering. Unconditional love.
For the past year, I have been learning self trust, validation of my feelings and experiences, more rest, true acceptance, and loving who I am without conditions of how hard I work, my appearance, how people make me feel or my shortcomings. Because I am learning this, I have built the capacity within myself to receive more and thrive.
And I have a desire to share my experiences, my tools, my feelings and thoughts and process of my life, with you; with the world.
If it feels right to you, I hope you will join me in…
Nurturing the Inner Woman
A slow space to mother ourselves with unconditional love.
