My Grandma used to call me sassy + the “pepper in my soup” and I always liked it. I always loved the thought of being bold and fearless and well, a total strutting, owning-it, goddess sass-pants.
But for many years I felt anything but sassy. I’d totally lost it.
I felt like life was happening to me, my emotions were out of my control, what I really wanted felt too lofty + greedy for my “ability”. I wanted to be liked, wanted to be seen as clever…so much.
What did I know anyway?! Who did I think I was, trying to find happiness? Who did I think I was trying to create a life exactly how I want it?
Seeking external validation to measure myself up was all I knew, and it was exhausting. I had no energy OR inclination to start shining my attention back on myself.
But doing that WAS the only way. I wasn’t going to get answers from anyone or any thing outside of me. It required me to step up. To acknowledge + own just how important my happiness was to me and to world around me.
It required me to reclaim + embody my sass. To state “this is what I need”, “this is what I’m doing”, “this is important to me” - without apologies or lengthy explanation.
I got support from grounded, wise, well trained people all who helped me find my sass. But the answers, the contentment, the self embrace, the bold actions I had to take, the discomfort in my shadows that I had to feel, the trust I had to hold…this all had to come from me + it took time.
But I remember so clearly, I was walking down the street with my daughter sleeping in the buggy, and I realised something important had shifted. I had my strut back. I breathed differently. I felt my feet on the floor AND I calling the shots.
And since then I have been learning how to help other womxn find their sass.
So on the 1st Feb, I am excited to be running again my empowerment coaching programme - The Thriving Life Experience. This group programme combines group + 121 coaching, activating embodied movement, yoga, breath work + meditation sessions + powerful supportive community wrapped around you every step of the way.
How does that sound sass-pants? x x