![]() What is behind the name, Embrace Her...? Over the course of nine years, my business has had three names; two years ago I revealed the newest name. Embrace Her was inspired largely by my own personal journey and the shifts that had been happening organically with my clients over time. Embrace Her is all about learning to EMBRACE OURSELVES as whole and complete women. In simplest terms, it's about embodying self-love. Among the hardest things I've had to do in this lifetime, aside from learning what it really means to love others, is to learn to let others love me, and learn to love myself, too. This has been challenging because for much of my life I have believed myself to be fundamentally unlovable. I've been learning to extend myself grace, compassion, and forgiveness through my challenges and struggles, and I've been learning what it *really* means to practice and embody self-love. It's important for us women to do this even when - actually, especially when - it feels like so many other voices are telling us the things we need to do to become more beautiful, to be more worthy of love, or to be "happier" or more "successful." There is a HUGE difference between "self-improvement" (trying to "fix" ourselves) and opting for personal growth and self-healing. In a society such as ours that holds up the "masculine" ways as ideal, that actively promotes impossible standards of beauty and conformity for women, and sells us all the ways that we need to improve or "fix" ourselves... it is courageous to be a woman who accepts and loves herself as she is and isn't afraid to say it and embody it. Ladies..., our opportunity is to shift our internal self-talk, tune out the harmful external messages and other people's expectations, and come to know that we are worthy of love and acceptance, just as we are - even WITH our blemishes, imperfections, and mistakes. My purposes in life and with Embrace Her are to:
Does any of this resonate with you? If so, I invite you to book a complimentary discovery session with me. In these sessions, we explore the most pressing challenges you are facing and if my coaching can support your specific needs. I hope to chat with you soon. #confidence #wellbeing #relationships #professionalwomen #empoweringwomen #midlifewomen #selflove #selfcare #lifestyle
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