You are not “too much”

Dear Leader,

If there is any part of you that is holding onto an old story that you are “too much,” I invite you to revisit and reframe that narrative.

Goodness knows that there are many messages floating around out there designed to dim our lights, shrink our dreams, and redirect us away from what we really, really want toward what’s “feasible” or “realistic” instead.

I say, “nay.”

Our world needs you to be more of who you truly are with your full heart, your full voice, and your boldest dreams.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘵?
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘬𝘦 100% 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧?
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳?

I believe that leadership is an act of liberation.

The more you journey toward self-transformation and self-liberation, the more pathways to possibility you can unlock for the transformation and liberation of others.

The systems you lead, the families you support, the decisions you make all get stronger and clearer as you step into who you truly are.

This is a worthy and worthwhile endeavor.

It’s normal and human and part of the hero’s journey to lose our way, to detach from ourselves to survive the challenges life throws at us. And yet, here all along, is also the choice to find our way back home to ourselves.

We are the leaders of our own lives, and to remember that is, itself, an act of liberation.

Lessen your grip on the old story that no longer serves.
Open your hands to receive the remembrance of who you’ve always been.
Take hold of your authority and authorship of a new story, a true story.

This is the kind of leadership that calls us forward now.

Onward.